India, May 16 -- Filmmaker Karan Johar has doubled down on his perceived support for star kids in the Hindi film industry. In a recent interview, the director-producer opened up on the hate he receives for casting star kids in his films, and saying that he will continue to do so as long as he believes in their talent. (Also read: Karan Johar feels people who call Alia Bhatt a nepo kid are 'most idiotic')

In an interview with Galatta India, the filmmaker said that 'cinema intellectuals' do not give his production house, Dharma, the credit it deserves. While giving an example of the heavily trolled film Nadaaniyan, he said, "Cinema intellectuals will gush about anybody else but if it's Dharma Productions, they will say nothing. Hating on N...