Prakash Jha defends Ajay Devgn in Karan Johar controversy

Filmmaker Prakash Jha has shown his support for actor Ajay Devgn over a pay-for-tweets controversy.

Devgn has demanded that filmmaker Karan Johar be investigated for allegedly paying social media personality Kamaal R Khan (KRK) Rs2.5 million (Dh137,522) to tweet praise for Johar’s film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and give negative reviews to Devgn’s film Shivaay.

A few days ago, Devgn shared an audio clip on Twitter in which KRK is heard explaining why he favours Johar.

Jha, who has worked with Devgn on films such as Raajneeti, Satyagraha and Gangaajal, replied saying: “I’m not surprised Ajay Devgn. They are a scared lot. Manipulation their only means of survival. But Shiva [Hindu deity] is with you.”

Devgn said in a statement on Friday: “We have only made you aware of what KRK has said. He is contradicting himself in explanations about what he has said in the recording and what we all have just heard in his postured press conference.”

“He has not denied that it was his voice in the recording and he is now making excuses and contradicting himself. Where is the sanity here? You have heard what I have heard. It is up to you all to decide. It’s his word against his own word,” he added.

Earlier on Friday, KRK held a press conference revealed that Johar never gave him money to say anything bad about Shivaay.