Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar said that India is a "tough country" where speaking about personal life can land people behind the bars and he did not want to fight "governance" by talking about issues like "intolerance". "We are in a tough country and to speak about one's personal life in today's time can land you in jail," the director-producer said at the ninth edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival. He was in conversation with author Shobaa De and his biographer Poonam Saxena on his upcoming biography 'An Unsuitable Boy'. Johar, who has made films on contentious issues such as homosexuality (Dostana) and relationships outside wedlock (Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna), said as a filmmaker he felt bound at every level. "I feel bound on every level, be it what I put out on the celluloid or what I say in print. I feel like there is always some kind of a legal notice awaiting me everywhere I go."

Johar also said he doesn't "judge" people who don't come out about their sexuality. The director who has made blockbusters such as 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hain', and 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham', among others shared an anecdote when he tried to pull a prank on a friend who he thought secretly stocked beef.

"We set up two policemen to go and arrest him ... And it was a successful prank. That guy was horrified," said Johar adding that the incident could have turned serious had it not been a joke.

Meanwhile, other topics in the conversation included Johar's secluded childhood in South Bombay to his family's hard times, his obsessions with film songs and the importance of following your dreams.