Two years after a public rift around their films, the actor-couple and filmmaker call truce
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 3, 2018)

Ajay Devgn and Karan Johar, who had publicly feuded in 2016 in the run-up to the Diwali releases, Shivaay and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, have called truce. The actor-filmmaker and his wife, actress Kajol, are gearing up to make an appearance on KJo’s talk show, Koffee With Karan. A source associated with the show has revealed, “Ajay and Kajol confirmed their appearance recently and will shoot the episode after Diwali celebrations. The show’s team has already begun prepping for the shoot as it is one of the most anticipated episodes of the sixth season.”

While Kajol has had several turns on the celebrity talk show, Ajay made a solo appearance on Season 3 in 2011.

Ajay and Karan had faced off online in the wake of allegations that the latter had paid a film critic Rs 25 lakh to tweet positive reviews about his film and disparage Ajay’s. A few months later, an excerpt from Karan Johar’s autobiography, An Unsuitable Boy, describing his equation with Kajol surfaced. “I don’t have a relationship with Kajol anymore. We’ve had a fallout. Something happened that disturbed me deeply which I will not talk about… it would not be fair to her or to me. After two and half decades, Kajol and I don’t talk at all.  We just acknowledge each other, say ‘hello’ and walk past,” the passage read.

However, afterwards, Kajol fuelled speculations of a reconciliation when she invited KJo to her birthday lunch and ‘liked’ a photo of his children, Yash and Roohi, online. Karan, in turn, hit the ‘follow’ button on her social media account. Kajol was also present at Karan’s mother Hiroo Johar’s 75th birthday bash in March this year.

On the work front, buzz is Ajay and Kajol will also be reuniting on the big screen with Taanaji: The Unsung Warrior, which marks the directorial debut of Om Raut and features Saif Ali Khan as the antagonist.