Karan Johar trolled for donating 'just' Rs. 11 lakhs towards Assam floor relief: 'He gifts hampers worth lakhs on TV show'

Filmmaker and producer Karan Johar on Tuesday was thanked by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sharma for donating Rs. 11 lakhs towards the floods relief efforts of the state. While the donation was made silently and without any publicity on Karan's part, the CM's tweet expressing gratitude has attracted the attention of social media users who have expressed that the filmmaker who earns in crores could have contributed more. 

Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sharma's tweet read, "Grateful to film producer Shri @karanjohar and Dharma Productions for contributing ₹11 lakh to CM Relief Fund. Also, acknowledge Shri Rohit Shetty for his initiative of getting the entire Indian film industry together for the cause of #AssamFloods."

Grateful to film producer Shri @karanjohar and Dharma Productions for contributing ₹11 lakh to CM Relief Fund.

Also acknowledge Shri Rohit Shetty for his initiative of getting the entire Indian film industry together for the cause of #AssamFloods.@iamrohitshetty

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 5, 2022

Reacting to the CM's tweet, users on Twitter targeted Karan for the donation with a few expressing that the filmmaker ought to have contributed more generously at a time when Assam needs all the help it can get. 

Karan who is no stranger to trolls on social media, was called out by a particular user for giving out hampers worth lakhs on his chat show while another user looked back at late Sushant Singh Rajput 's generous donation towards Nagaland floods a few years ago and compared then two. 

WTF, they earn in crores every day & contribute 11 lakh. Shameful.

— Deshbhakt (@6_dec_1992_lmao) July 5, 2022

Pls do not waste the word “Grateful” for people like Jauhar. We do not owe him anything.

— Bajirao Peshwa (@BajiraoPeshwa6) July 5, 2022

Sir o tenga is much useful than Karan Johar pic.twitter.com/y0qfsZNdhb

— मनोज सनातनी (Proud Hindu) (@ManojSanatani_) July 5, 2022

Just 11 lakhs? Anyways . Good karaa... But could have been better from your end .. from a person with net worth of more than 500+ cr

— Shailendra Gupta (@Sahiel_23) July 5, 2022

Oh my Ganesha..itna bara amount...11lakhs

— Supratim Deb03 (@SDeb03) July 6, 2022

Sir, Sushant Singh Rajput had donated 0ne crore for Nagaland floods....without any publicity.Such a beautiful soul he was.

— Adinita Vikramadittya (@AdinitaV) July 5, 2022

Karan needs to donate at least 1 crore rupees. He has rewarded gift hampers worth lakhs in rupees in his TV show to celebrities but whenever it comes to help poor, he is donating the bare minimum amount as an advertisement process for his upcoming movies.

— Infomaniac🇮🇳☮️ (@CarlitoWays18) July 5, 2022

A few others also targeted Bollywood as an industry for earning in crores and holding back from donating generously towards relief efforts. 

While donations are voluntary contributions, Karan isn't the first celebrity to have faced unfair judgement on social media and he certainly won't be the last.