A few weeks back, filmmaker Karan Johar hosted a party at his home which was attended by several leading Bollywood celebrities and their partners. Among the guests was Shahid Kapoor with wife Mira Rajput, Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Varun Dhawan with Natasha Dalal, Arjun Kapoor with Malaika Arora, Vicky Kaushal, Rohit Dhawan and his wife, Zoya Akhtar, Shakun Batra and Ayan Mukerji. KJo had shared a video from the party which became a talk of the town instantly.

In the video, all the celebs were seen posing and talking while Karan was shooting them by panning over the room. He had captioned the post stating, "Saturday night vibes". Soon after that, an MLA named Manjinder S Sirsa took to his Twitter page and talked ill about the video and celebs in it. He wrote, "#UDTABollywood - Fiction Vs Reality Watch how the high and mighty of Bollywood proudly flaunt their drugged state!! I raise my voice against #DrugAbuse by these stars. RT if you too feel disgusted @shahidkapoor @deepikapadukone @arjunk26 @Varun_dvn @karanjohar @vickykaushal09"

Karan finally broke his silence on the controversy during an interaction with Rajeev Masand. Karan stated, "There were achieving members of the industry who were having an easy night out after a hard week of work, having a good time. I took that video with all the earnestness... would I be putting out that video if there was anything happening at all, I am not stupid."

He further said, "Apparently you are not allowed to scratch your nose. Apparently, you are not allowed to put your phone in your back pocket. Apparently, a shadow of light is perceived to be some kind of powder."

Karan went on to share that his mother Hiroo Johar was a part of the party as well. He added, "My mother, 5 minutes before this video, was sitting with us. It was that kind of a family, happy, social gathering, where friends were sitting and having a good time and we were listening to some music, having some good food and having good conversational energy there. There was nothing else going on."

The filmmaker concluded by saying, "I don’t react very well to these baseless accusations because that’s what they were, baseless. I told them also... I am not taking this very kindly, the next time where baseless accusations, I will take the legal route. You cannot mar our solid reputations, our sincere reputations our committed reputations just because you are presuming something. You cannot put out a baseless accusation that has no base, no fact, no truth, no reality and try and mar us and our reputations, it’s ridiculous."