Overview

• During a Mojo Story interview with Barkha Dutt, Johar described Bollywood’s private WhatsApp groups as candid forums for unfiltered fashion and film critiques.
• He joked that any public disclosure would compel him and fellow insiders to move to London to escape fallout in Mumbai.
• A fan’s suggestion to adapt the chats into a book or film has generated buzz about formalizing the industry’s most candid conversations.
• Dharma Productions dropped the teaser for its Kashmir-set thriller Sarzameen, which is slated to premiere on JioHotstar on July 25.
• Johar is also hosting Amazon Prime Video’s reality competition The Traitors, which wraps up with its grand finale on July 3.