Time and again, revelations by Bollywood celebrities have shown that there’s a dark side of the glitz and glam of Bollywood. Sometime back, Deepika Padukone took a bold step by opening up about depression, followed by Ileana D’cruz who revealed she has been suffering from depression and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Now, Karan Johar, in a candid chat with Bakha Dutt for NDTV, revealed that he was also suffering from clinical depression.
The filmmaker said that there was a phase when he did not want to talk to anyone. He would make up meetings and would travel to unfamiliar lands just to be away from everything. Being one of the Bollywood's most loved socialite, he revealed that he used to crave for empty streets in unknown lands, where he wouldn’t come across any familiar faces.
It took him a while to realise that what he was going through was a form of clinical depression. He further opened up about undertaking both counselling sessions and medications, until three months back.
Karan added that if someone as beautiful and successful as Deepika Padukone could be a victim of depression, then it could happen to anyone.
