There’s a good reason why Koffee With Karan is one of the most cherished conversation programmes on Indian television. It is exciting and loaded with lots of energy.  The first season of the programme premiered on November 19, 2004, and its sixth season ended on March 17, 2019.

And now, its seventh season has been going on, and needless to say, it is making lots of headlines with the release of every new episode.

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We saw how Samantha Prabhu opens up about her divorce from his ex-husband Naga Chaitanya to how graciously Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra accepted their relationship during their respective appearances. Now, as other stars are also coming on the show, our favourite Anil Kapoor also appeared on the show’s 11th episode along with Varun Dhawan.

But his appearance saw so many revelations on his professional front and his personal relations with other stars from his era.

Among them, the most talked-about revelation is that he admitted in the most recent Koffee With Karan Season 7 episode that he was anxious about Jackie Shroff’s career after the actor landed a project under Subhash Ghai’s production company.

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When the actor spoke about Jackie and said that despite being an “outsider,” he had become an A-lister, at a time when Anil was performing small roles, Karan had urged Anil to express his opinions on nepotism.

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Though Anil has rubbished the nepotism debate, saying that he won’t take it seriously, he also mentioned Jackie Shroff’s illustrious career despite being an outsider. His comments literally went viral on various social media platforms, with many people responding to them.

Now, Jackie Shroff has also responded to Anil’s remark. So let’s find out what he said:

Karan Johar aked Anil Kapoor about nepotism on Koffee With Karan

During episode 11 of Koffee With Karan season 7, host Karan Johar asked Varun Dhawan and Anil Kapoor, the other guests, for their opinion on nepotism. Answering him, Anil Kapoor said,

“I don’t take it seriously… When I started my career, at that time it was of course Sunny (Deol), there was Sanju (Sanjay Dutt).”

After this, host Karan interrupted him and added Jackie Shroff’s name. On that, Anil said,

“Jackie was an outsider in a way, but still he got the first break from Subhash Ghai. So, he himself became like an A-lister just with that one announcement. I, at that time, was doing bit roles, I was doing south Indian films. I did kind of, (was) not feeling good about it…”

When Karan further asked him if he was feeling insecure about Jackie’s success at that time, Anil agreed with him and expressed his honest emotions.

Jackie Shroff response to Anil Kapoor’s statements

Now, taking with Times Now about Anil’s comments on Koffee With Karan, Jackie Shroff said,

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“It is normal to look up to your older brother and say oh… But I know he is a guy who really, really cares for me deep down in his heart and what he says is such a beautiful emotional display which not many people say it. His heart is absolutely clean and he speaks what he feels. That gives me a lot of credit, when a man of his calibre says that, he is giving me so much respect.”

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On the professional front, Jackie Shroff will soon be seen with Pratik Gandhi and Sharmin Segal in Atithi Bhooto Bhava. On the other hand, Anil will co-star in the action movie Fighter with Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan. Additionally, he is working on Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal, starring Ranbir Kapoor.

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