I only disagreed with one aspect where he said that people like Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra can only create careers but cannot destroy careers. Absolutely not. They can easily destroy careers and they definitely have the power and clout to do that. Any newcomer who wants to become a star eventually has to act in big films, and all the big films are produced by these biggies. If they boycott the newcomer, where will they act? They can't keep just doing small, indie films with the hopes of getting noticed. They'll never succeed like that...
I think they can significantly limit your mainstream opportunities but I don't know about destroy. Take Kangana, for example. She's burnt bridges with most of the leading producers yet she's still going and finding strong opportunities. It's not just Dharma, YRF etc that are delivering hits today so it would be harder but there are other opportunities. Even Salman Khan has tried to block Arijit, Vivek, etc. but he wasn't successful. Are there any recent examples of actors who have had their careers destroyed by a couple powerful filmmakers?
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