I am commenting here cause I know both Riva and her mother. In my limited interactions with her she is an intelligent girl and she knows what she is doing and is passionate about making a career in acting.
Firstly she is certainly not 12 and is 16 year old and will turn 17 in 3-4 months. People calling her 12 just cause IMDb / Google says so and I can tell for sure that it is wrong and it will be corrected in due course.
Secondly treat Acting also as a profession just like any other profession Sports, Tech, Medical etc. Yes it's more glamorous but the setup today is much more professional compared to the past.
And as I understand, many want to cast her in movies / music videos or promotions etc cause she is an actress and is a popular social media influencer with over 8.5mn followers just on Instagram and around 900K subscribers on Youtube. It's not very new trend and that is why we see so many social media stars featured in music videos in the past.
It makes me sick to read some of the insensitive and wild accusations which I do not want to repeat in my post again. If you do not know don't make baseless accusations.
I saw the "controversial" video clip with Karan Kundra. The only objection of mine would be to showcase "alcohol" in the shot even though it was clearly mentioned in her post that it was not real and just for show.
On the larger debate I want to ask is she the only one who has been paired onscreen with much older male actors?
Sridevi (born 1963) first role as a teen-adult came in 1976 at age 13 (as per WikiPedia), when she was cast in the Tamil film Moondru Mudichu played the love interest of Rajnikant (born 1950) and Kamal Hasan (Born 1954).
Tamannah Bhatia was 15 when she got her first romantic movie Chaand Sa Roshan Chehra. If one researches you will find many more examples.
It's easy for people to suggest that people should be 18 first. Many of the actors who made it big have started early in life. Not all have the luxury of being launched by their parents connection in the industry at the "right" age with the "right" hero.
I can relate to her cause I too had an unconventional start to my career. I am a self taught computer programmer. I started doing odd freelancing web projects work when I was 14/15 year of age. At age 17 burnt my fingers in running computer education business. Started working full time for a startup at 18 while still in college and I purely got it just because of past work experience and was very fortunate to be paid higher than some of the IITians in the company.
Everyone has their own journey and struggles and we do not know unless we are in their shoes.
Peace.
Edited by vijay - 2 years ago
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