Indian director and producer Karan Johar, who recently poured his money into Bollywood baby starter pack Nadaaniyan isn’t losing sleep over the glossy movie's scathing reviews. Channeling an old Bollywood song lyrics, he brushed off the noise:

"People will say what they want, that is their job. Let us not discuss it and waste our time"

Now, this comes after Nadaaniyan got torched by critics, with this Gulf News journalist slapping it with a 1.5-star rating and calling it "a star-kid-sponsored fever dream masquerading as cinema."

Our review didn’t hold back, dubbing the Netflix rom-com even more cringe than Meghan Markle’s lifestyle show and describing lead stars Ibrahim Ali Khan and Khushi Kapoor as stiff, lifeless, and entirely devoid of screen presence. In fact, Ibrahim’s sculpted abs reportedly display more emotion than his face—a harsh but fair assessment, given his performance.

But Karan remained unbothered by the mostly-harsh reviews. Addressing the critics in India and globally, he said, "My relationship with them is not based on how they review my movies. My relationship is independent of what they write about my film. I have a bond with them."

And for those crying conspiracy, he had this to say: "You have the right to love or loathe a movie, and that is also your job. I don’t believe there was any conspiracy here where it was their mission to destroy my film. Critics don’t do that—perhaps trollers do. I just sympathise and feel bad for their trolls."

However, he did make one thing clear: "Even now, I salute the critics, but sometimes remember that the actor is somebody’s son. And when you say, ‘I want to kick this film,’ that's taking it too far! I have no problem with social commentary or criticism—I also have follies [Nadaaniyan] But if that’s your reaction that you want to kick it in its face, maybe that says more about you than my film."

So, while Nadaaniyan may be getting a lot of hate, Karan Johar's still standing tall —letting the trolls, critics, and meme-makers do their thing while he moves on to his next production.