India, Jan. 27 -- Filmmaker Karan Johar has announced a break from social media, calling it a 'digital detox'. The filmmaker, whose production Homebound recently lost out in the race for the Oscars, said he was stepping away from Instagram and other platforms briefly.

Early on Tuesday morning, Karan took to Instagram Stories to share a brief note. "Digital detox for a week. No doom scrolling! No DMs! No posts! May the universe give me the strength to stay away," it read.

Karan had quit Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic citing toxicity on the platform. He has remained active on Instagram, particularly during the promotions of his films.

Last week, Karan had shared a post shading trolls and creators for their trolling of actor Varun D...