Bachchan, Kapoor, Bhatt: do these last names get a shortcut to stardom - Page 4

Originally posted by: zarak65

^ lol so ur saying that ranveers struggle is not the same as other people struggling because he came for a well off family? And so to struggle u have to be for a middle class family?

Ranveer didn't have contacts that he cud use to get a film, and he did have to audition like stars like Srk, sushant and irfan to get a role in a movie. In no way did ranveer use his dad's money to get his break.

But how did soam and ranbir get to assist such a big director like SLB? Because they came from the kapoor families

Yes he was lucky to get recognised by Shanoo, but how does that not make him an outsider?

Originally posted by: scorpio_bins

He got launched by YRF just like Arjun by same casting director. She didn't know he was Boney's son. Both got selected through auditions. So how are they any different? Salman helped him to lose his weight and didn't recommend him to YRF or anything. That's all. Getting rejected in few auditions before must have been those huge struggles. He's not a proper outsider 'cos he's a) related to Sonam b) dated Ahana and had connections. Maybe that didn't help him to get a film. Neither did it for Arjun.

How did Sid get to assist Kjo then? He didn't come from a big family. You can make such assumptions all day.

Originally posted by: zarak65

So ur saying siddarth is not an outsider?

And this whole thing of ranveer being related to sonam is bought about because people hunk he part of the kapoor family, when he is not, he is from her moms side so how does that help in any way?

When I talk about being an outsider I mean not growing up in the industry or with people from the industry and knowing them personally. Arjun grew up with the bachans, ranbir kapoors family, varun dhawan, he was friends with the families and knew everyone personally and would meet them regularly

Ranveer didn't know anyone from the industry personally and hadn't met anyone, he knew ahana from school and just knew he was related to sonam in some way. If he knew the kapoor family personally then his first meeting with arjun wouldn't have been at yrf studios when they were well into thier twenties.

Originally posted by: Parko

I initially thought that Ranveer had to beg YRF for an audition but Shanoo Sharma referred him to Aditya Chopra so Ranveer's technically not a complete outsider and since his connections helped him land his first film. Also apparently Arjun Kapoor sucked his first audition but they lied on KWK saying he nailed it. Somethings fishy about how they were launched by YRF for sure...

Originally posted by: Parko

I initially thought that Ranveer had to beg YRF for an audition but Shanoo Sharma referred him to Aditya Chopra so Ranveer's technically not a complete outsider since his connections helped him land his first film. Also apparently Arjun Kapoor sucked his first audition but they lied on KWK saying he nailed it. Somethings fishy about how they were launched by YRF for sure...

Exactly. Connections are the key. That's what helps star kids too. They' are aware of your existence if you are born in a star family. But no one takes a chance with you just because of surname if they know you're not good enough. Except for the ones launched by family members of course.

Originally posted by: scorpio_bins

Sid is an outsider, but he also had a mentor in Kjo ala SLB for Kapoors. Knowing all of them didn't make any difference to Arjun's career as he came up the same way as Ranveer. Having connections always help. It did help Ranveer right? Else he wouldn't have got the call from lady. So yes, his rich background and partying in those circles did help him to meet her. Same lady didn't even recognize Arjun and even hated him when he was fat(you must have seen KWK episode). It'll be totally different for a person coming from rural area in Bihar or UP to get these connections in first place. So if you call Ranveer outsider, I don't know what to call them.

Originally posted by: scorpio_bins

Arjun probably had a much worse relationship with his dad than Ranveer ever did. Well, Ranveer could have used his dad's money to produce a film then. 😆 At least they were on good terms. Ifs and buts.