Does Nepotism ACTUALLY matter?

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Shaitaan Haiwan

@Shaitan-Haiwan

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Posted: 11 years ago

Yes, we know that nepotism IS around in terms of the star-kids joining and creating their own little circle, and if they fail they are given 100 opportunities to make a mark... But my reason for opening this topic is do you think nepotism actually matters?

It looks like to me that most of the countries biggest stars are not products of nepotism...few examples like SRK, Amitabh, Sridevi, Madhuri, Aishwarya, Vidya, Katrina, Deepika etc

Aishwarya is far more successful than the star daughters who debuted in her time...such as Twinkle Khanna...same with Katrina and Priyanka who overtook the likes of Esha Deol, Soha Ali Khan, Tanisha Mukerhjee who all debuted around the same time. Even today Deepika is more popular and successful than Sonam Kapoor...even someone like Anushka Sharma has a more flourishing career than star daughter Sonam.

Today with the new breed of new actors...there are lots of star sons Arjun, Varun, etc...but it seems like all of the strong roles are going to Sushant!...Similarity Kangana is doing better than the females with connections like Alia, Parineeti, etc.

(please do not get into arguments over the above names listed, they are just being used for examples only don't get it twisted)

Anyway my main point is even though we know nepotism is around and lots of kids get chances due to connections, do you think that being a non-star kid, isn't necessarily a disadvantage? Ofcourse we will have some born with a silver spoon in their mouth kids like Ranbir, Hrithik, Kareena or Karishma who do benefit from it...but to me, in totality... it looks like the countries biggest stars are all pretty much self-made.

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: Shaitan-Haiwan
Yes, we know that nepotism IS around in terms of the star-kids joining and creating their own little circle, and if they fail they are given 100 opportunities to make a mark... But my reason for opening this topic is do you think nepotism actually matters?

It looks like to me that most of the countries biggest stars are not products of nepotism...few examples like SRK, Amitabh, Sridevi, Madhuri, Aishwarya, Vidya, Katrina, Deepika

Salute to all of them 👏

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WinterAesthetics

@DanceUntilWeDie

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+ 4

Posted: 11 years ago

I think in terms of opportunity it matters cos imran jacky n harman would not get so many chances if dey weren't someone's relatives. .Delhi belly happens when his movies r flop..harman n jackky are having comebacks so many times. .if sushant or sid made more than one flop back to back would dey get such opportunities?

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Khan (from the epiglottis)

@-Mischievous-

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Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: AadatSeMajboor
I think in terms of opportunity it matters cos imran jacky n harman would not get so many chances if dey weren't someone's relatives. .Delhi belly happens when his movies r flop..harman n jackky are having comebacks so many times. .if sushant or sid made more than one flop back to back would dey get such opportunities?

Exactly...Sonam Kapoor gave so many back to back flops and so did Imran Khan yet they still get a thousand chances... Similarly, of someone like Sushant gave more than one flop or someone like Ranveer gave more than one flop back to back with negative critical reviews, they would get their asses kicked out of the industry.. Nobody would want to work with them... (I didn't add Siddharth to the list because even though he isn't an industry kid, he belongs to the Karan Johar party so he will get offers)...

They get a lot more chances to prove themselves... And their lives inside the industry is also better than outsiders since they are star-kids... But overall, the audience and masses are not as dumb as Bollywood thinks... Even though star kids are overrated and given too many opportunities in life (unlike the rest), the audience knows what is talent and what is trash...

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Nikita Lakhe

@nikitagmc

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Posted: 11 years ago

It's not just a matter of opportunities, there are many other aspects of being an outsider. A lot of the talented outsiders belong to modest households- even if they have the talent, they can't market or promote themselves sufficiently whereas many starkids get hyped overtly over less than mediocre performances. Ranveer belongs to a rich household, sushant too I financially stable enough to invest on PR nd stuff as he had done tv shows, they can choose to do projects they really believe in rather than signing any random stiff,but what about someone like nawaz? Many a times, outsiders have to do trashy films for financial security, which brings their graph down as an actor. So we have kangana doing a film like rajjo and rascals in the midst ofmovies like fashion and queen.
Earlier, during the era of Srk, etc. things were different. Today, just talent is not enough. Marketing, good pr, networking, hype, offscreen fashion/glamour, everything matters. And starkids have a big advantage in all this while outsiders lack seriously.

Edited by nikitagmc - 11 years ago

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Khan (from the epiglottis)

@-Mischievous-

Voyager

Posted: 11 years ago

Originally posted by: nikitagmc
It's not just a matter of opportunities, there are many other aspects of being an outsider. A lot of the talented outsiders belong to modest households- even if they have the talent, they can't market or promote themselves sufficiently whereas many starkids get hyped overtly over less than mediocre performances. Ranveer belongs to a rich household, sushant too I financially stable enough to invest on PR nd stuff as he had done tv shows, they can choose to do projects they really believe in rather than signing any random stiff,but what about someone like nawaz? Many a times, outsiders have to do trashy films for financial security, which brings their graph down as an actor. So we have kangana doing a film like rajjo and rascals in the midst ofmovies like fashion and queen.
Earlier, during the era of Srk, etc. things were different. Today, just talent is not enough. Marketing, good pr, networking, hype, offscreen fashion/glamour, everything matters. And starkids have a big advantage in all this while outsiders lack seriously.

+1 ... Completely agreed,...

Sushant,, for example, is financially stable so he can afford it... But then you see a show like Koffee with Karan... In Koffee With Karan, only the "elite" star kids are invited... All the newcomers were invited apart from Sushant and Rajkumar Rao... Heck, Alia came twice to promote herself... They are hyped so much... Nowadays, people are going crazy over Siddharth, Varun, etc because they have a good team behind them, good PR, Karan Johar, and all that whereas when it comes to someone like Rajkumar Rao who is a MUCH better actor, he is so underrated amogst all these industry-wasi's and he can't really promote himself much or doesn't have any sort of god father... But yet, he has done fims like Kai Po Che, Shahid, and Queen... Kuddos to talent... As I've said before, these good looking boys are just like the flavor of the season... Yeah, they get privileged in more than one way but I think and hope that ultimately talent is what sustains and goes through

Edited by -Mischievous- - 11 years ago

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blue-ice.

@blue-ice.

Achiever

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Posted: 11 years ago

Nepotism matters...because sometimes the talented never ever get a chance...but ultimately star kid or not ...they have to prove their mettle to survive in BW...but it definitely comes easier for star kids...do you think anyone would have thrown a second glance at the likes of Tushar, Alia, Esha...had they not been star kids?? So it does matter...