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Originally posted by: SrideviFan4ever

I forget adding this everytime but I think the reason why I'm so kicked about this film more than anything else is because finally I can take my parents or ask my cousins to watch the hindi version of Sairat. They don't like watching films in a language they don't know and hate subtitles so I think I'm really happy that they can finally watch it in Hindi and even if it's half as good as Sairat, I'll be content because Sairat is such a film that needs to be told to the whole country, knowing the environment we are living in today.

Originally posted by: rogerrocks

At the end of the day, KJo loves successful people. He definitely has a huge soft corner for Alia but am really not sure if he will keep giving her the best films if she starts flopping. I mean he seems to have given up on Sid and prefers Varun over him though it was the exact opposite when they started out 😆 So I definitely think KJo will be conflicted if Jahnvi does well. And if Alia's films start flopping, I have no doubt that KJo will flip 😆 Just because he loves Alia more than the rest, I don't think he'd let that override his basic character 😆 That said, I don't really blame him. He is a businessman at the end of the day and is not out to do charity. I only have a problem with his never ending penchant for drama 😆

@choco- I know. And most of star kids in the recent past have had horrible debuts. Ranbir, Varun, Alia etc. They proved themselves only in their subsequent films. And if Alia can be hyped for Highway and called Meryl Streep (I found her pretty inconsistent in the film though I believe she has improved a lot post that), Jahnvi will be set for the next few years if she delivers a decent performance in her very first film 😆

P. S. Call me biased but RK deserved the hype post WUS cos he was fantastic in the film IMO 😆 And Varun wasn't that hyped initially. He had to deliver quite a few successful films till he was acknowledged. And i don't think he was ever dependent on KJo beyond a point. In fact am pretty sure KJo is primarily signing him cos he has proved himself. Anyway my point is that a star kid from an illustrious family doing well in his or her first film will be made a big deal. And am really curious to see what KJo does if it happens 😆

Originally posted by: gilmores

Yes but it takes quite a few flops before KJo gives up. Look how many movies he did with Kareena -- all flops/disasters besides K3G and we know why that worked. It's not like he gave her terrible films either. He is of course a businessman so he will dump Alia when she starts flopping. Alia benefited from no female competition in Dharma. Now Dharma is launching 4 other girls and they will have 3 film deals and probably get a cut of their earnings as well. They will likely make something work for the more popular ones like YRF does as at the end of the day, that's how they make money.

Ranbir was majorly boring in his first 2 films...Saawariya and BAH. WUS was good yes...but Ranbir came at a time of no male competition. There was only Ranbir and Imran...and we know how Imran was. Anyways, Ranbir is star kid royalty so it never mattered how he did -- he survived his worst flop phase without getting paycuts as well. Someone else would have been kicked out. Jahnvi is star kid royalty. Sara IMHO isn't as big royalty as Janhvi but she will and has gotten enough media attention. Alia was turned into royalty by KJo and his media contacts. Suhana will probably be the next most privileged launch ever. These people like I said just have to be able to act 5-10% well and everyone will behave like BW has been saved and the frontrunners will be star kid loyalists like Masand.

Anyways, like I said, I don't see Janhvi as someone who will stay dependent on KJo/Dharma..that's not to say she'll reject his films. Arjun, Anil, and Sonam were never dependent on any one PH either and I'm sure her entire family is there to warn her against doing that. Boney put together Mom for Sridevi..I'm sure he'll go all out for his daughter as well when he has to.