India, Jan. 23 -- Filmmaker Karan Johar has come out in support of actor Varun Dhawan after he was trolled over his smile in his new film Border 2. Taking to his Instagram Stories on Friday, Karan slammed "noisemakers", saying that they "can troll an artist for his smile, but then he laughs when the film releases to packed houses and he receives pure, authentic audience love."

Karan also asked trolls to do what they like. "Has to be said... the reason why it's called a virtual world! Real will always score and prove the noise on social media as defunct!"

"You can troll an artist for his smile but then he laughs when the film releases to packed houses and he receives pure authentic audience love! So noisemakers and clickbait-seeking cont...