'Aaj Kal Ke Hero Stealing Franchise': Karan Johar Takes A Dig At Kartik Aaryan; Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Actor Gives A Befitting Reply (Watch)

IIFA 2025 has been surely been creating a lot of buzz. The award function took place last week in Jaipur, Rajasthan, and on Sunday, it was telecast on Zee TV. A lot of videos from the awards have made it to the social media, and on Sunday, Kartik Aaryan shared a video on his Instagram in which he and Karan Johar are having a rap battle. In the rap battle, both them of them are taking digs at each other.

Karan tells Kartik, "Khans and Kapoors are still the OG guys, aaj kal ke hero dekho stealing their franchise." Well, of course, this was a dig at Kartik for stealing the Bhool Bhulaiyaa franchise from Akshay Kumar.

However, in the rap battle, Kartik was also not behind and he gave a beffiting reply. The actor replied, "Franchise chalana bhi bachchon ka khel nahin, mehnat main karta hoon hota isliye fail nahin. Student Of The Year 2 bhi nahi chali thi bhai, apni mehnat se maine Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 hai chalaayi." Check out the video below...

Well, all this was of course scripted, but from 'neop kid' to Shehzada being flop, Kartik and Karan's rap battle surely grabbed our attention. Also, they ended the battle by promoting their own upcoming film Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri.

A few days ago, a video of Karan and Kartik from IIFA 2025 had also gone viral on social media in which the latter's mom says that the family wants good doctor for the actor hinting at his relationship with Sreeleela who has a medical degree.

Meanwhile, Kartik also won Best Actor award for his performance in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, and while his fans were very happy about it, a lot of people on social media felt that he didn't deserve it.