{"id":48963,"date":"2025-08-06T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/48963\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T22:52:10","slug":"mm-faruqui-aka-lilliput-reacts-to-karan-johars-claim-in-an-unsuitable-boy-about-his-feminine-gesture-if-we-meet-sometime-ill-apologise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/48963\/","title":{"rendered":"MM Faruqui aka Lilliput reacts to Karan Johar\u2019s claim in An Unsuitable Boy about his \u2018feminine gesture\u2019: \u2018If we meet sometime, I\u2019ll apologise\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MM While many cinephiles believe Karan Johar<\/a> first appeared as an actor in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) or later in Bombay Velvet (2015), the filmmaker\u2019s true acting debut dates back even further. As a teenager, Karan<\/a> was part of the 1989 Doordarshan sci-fi series Indradhanush, which ran for just 13 episodes but became a cult favourite over time. Among his co-stars in the show was veteran theatre actor MM Faruqui, better known by his stage name, Lilliput.Karan wrote about a painful incident in An Unsuitable BoyIn his autobiography An Unsuitable Boy, Karan recalled how a remark from Lilliput on the sets of Indradhanush deeply impacted him. Referring to Karan\u2019s mannerisms and what was perceived as effeminacy, Lilliput\u2019s comment left the young actor shaken, enough for Karan to vow never to pursue acting again.<\/p>\n

\u2018I Wasn\u2019t Boy Enough or Man Enough\u2019- Karan Johar\u2019s Raw Childhood Confession<\/p>\n

Now, years later, Lilliput has responded to that memory during an interview with Red FM Podcasts, offering his side of the story.\u2018He was a kid\u2026 I said it with a clean heart\u2019\u201cHe was just a kid at that time,\u201d Lilliput began, adding that his intentions were never malicious. Drawing from his background in theatre, he explained that such feedback was often shared openly among actors.\u201cIn theatre, we are very honest. If someone is doing something wrong, we tell them directly, and usually, they don\u2019t take it badly. Karan had a slightly feminine gesture, so I thought, \u2018He\u2019s a kid, if we tell him now, maybe he\u2019ll adjust it and grow better from it.\u2019 But I didn\u2019t know the psychology behind it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Actor Lilliput slams \u2018Zero\u2019, says Shah Rukh Khan shouldn’t have done the movie<\/p>\n

\u2018If I had known it hurt him, I would\u2019ve apologised then and there\u2019Lilliput admitted that he had no idea his remark had caused Karan such hurt. \u201cIn my mind, he was a talented kid doing good work. I thought, if he works on this, he\u2019ll go even further. That was my intention. But it hurt him, and I didn\u2019t know that.\u201dHe continued, \u201cIf I had known, I would\u2019ve apologised right then and there. I never meant to hurt him. I said what I said with a clean heart. He took it badly \u2014 that\u2019s his psychology.\u201dLilliput also expressed his willingness to apologise to Karan personally, should their paths ever cross. \u201cIf we meet sometime, I\u2019ll apologise. No harm in doing that,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While many cinephiles believe Karan Johar first appeared as an actor in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[21203,27230,27233,6491,13929,96,27232,27231,27234,27228,27229,27235,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-48963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-acting-career","tag-an-unsuitable-boy","tag-apology","tag-celebrities","tag-doordarshan","tag-entertainment","tag-feminine-gesture","tag-indradhanush","tag-karan","tag-karan-johar","tag-lilliput","tag-mm-faruqui","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}