DNA (July 3, 2014)

Karan Johar has spoken in favour of gay rights by taking to Twitter and urging his followers to sign an online petition to urge the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code through a legislative process to give LGBT in India their right to privacy, equality and dignity. Johar sent out a tweet after fellow director Reema Kagti, who directed Talaash, put up a link to an online petition to urge people to sign up and urge the PM to have a process to get Section 377 out of the constitution. Karan tweeted: Cast creed color or your orientation cannot and should not alienate you....support it if you believe that...” Kagti put on on her page, “Homophobia, a fear some have that a gay man will treat them the way they treat women. :-) Spread Love.”