Karan Johar took to social media on Monday to write a long note praising the British crime-drama miniseries Adolescence. Karan called it a ‘loud wake-up call’ for parents and said that it moved him as a filmmaker but broke him as a parent.
Sharing the poster of the series on Instagram, Karan wrote about the ‘arduous’ responsibility of raising a child as a parent and how nothing can prepare one for that. “What you need to first be is the best version of yourself. What you say, how you say it, what you feel and how you express it. Your habits, your behaviour, your ideologies, your politics. Everything is eventually going to rub off on your child,” he said.
He added, “Adolescence is a wake-up loud call to parents who are raising children in times of social media. I grew up on conversations they speak in emojis. I grew up on books; they scroll reels. I grew up on self-discovery; they are surrounded by comparisons. The pandemic is now! We just don’t see it. This gut-wrenching show is more a mirror to parenting and social media commentary than anything I have a seen or been impacted by recently.”
Karan called the show a ‘blasterclass’ for parents. “The technical marvel of 4 groundbreaking long shots moved me as a filmmaker but broke me as a parent. I am raising twins, and I thank this show for building my awareness and my responsibility quotient even more. This is more than a series; it’s a forever lesson. I am grateful to the creators of Adolescence and to Netflix!”
Earlier, Alia Bhatt had praised the show, calling it ‘exceptional’. Anurag Kashyap had written a long note praising the show while also raising questions if something similar can be made in India. Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra had joined in the discussion and said, “Nobody will let us do something like that. One should do it as an independent film.” Hansal Mehta and Shekhar Gupta had shared their thoughts on the same while heaping praises on the show.
