Mumbai, Nov. 13 -- After Sunny Deol's angry outburst at photographers outside his home, filmmaker Karan Johar and Madhur Bhandarkar have now spoken out against the constant media attention surrounding veteran actor Dharmendra, who is currently recovering after being discharged from the hospital.

On Thursday, Karan shared a message on his Instagram Story, expressing how painful it was to watch what he called a "media circus" around the Deol family. He also added that it was heartbreaking to see the lack of basic "courtesy and sensitivity" during such an emotional time for the family.

In his story, Karan wrote, "When basic courtesy and sensitivity leaves our hearts and our actions we know we are a doomed race... PLEASE leave a family alon...