KJo's last word on Nepotism - Page 7

Originally posted by: Maroon5.0

Its a movie

Its fiction

fake stuff happens

Nobody is actually throwing women into a trunk 😆😆 That I know of 😆

Originally posted by: Ranbirrocks

My 2 cents -

Every time KJO's Babies news is around, he throws Nepotism article on Air/Internet.

This has happened 2-3 times and it can' be coincidence.

Nepotism is a red herring to keep Babies news away from discussions.

Don't be surprised if KJo announces a movie with Kangu😆

Originally posted by: ToofanKiBeti

Taken a look at any entertainment website recently? They're full of star kids. It's all about Sara (Ali Khan) and Jhanvi (Kapoor) and Aryan (Khan) and Aarav (Kumar). They step out and they're photographed, they're the ultimate clickbait.

So you tell me, if stardom doesn't matter to you either, then stop writing about them. If nepotism is this terrible crime, and people should be rewarded for merit's sake, then stop taking and publishing their pictures too. Before their careers even have a chance to start, they're the story. The top story. An editor of a website once told me that stories featuring star kids get more traction than stars, they do better, quite often, than their parents! So are media houses also nepotistic? Why aren't they searching for new talent? Or interesting teens who aren't born to famous parents? There are many talented teenagers doing amazing things, why aren't they making it to the pages why aren't blogs being written about them?

And so here's my limited point. If we're to blame, then everyone is to blame, or better still, no one is. There is no blame, nor should there be. To each their own, as long as no one is being deliberately discriminated against. If I am a product of nepotism, fine. If the talent I've launched is a sign of nepotism, fine. But I'm not alone. You are doing it too. With your headlines, in your political parties, in a thousand industries across the country.

This is not about me objecting or nullifying the issue, I'll accept it. Can you? If for no other reason than I need these damn nepospasms to subside.

Originally posted by: ToofanKiBeti

And yes, I have launched Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan, and, yes, maybe you can say nepotism played a part. You can argue that there was proximity and I leveraged it, that there were relationships at play which were factored. David Dhawan was, and is, a friend. I took his son on as an AD as a favour to that friend. And then I saw talent. And then I platformed it.

When it came to Alia, I wasn't even talking to Mahesh Bhatt! I've even gone on record saying we had issues. We had auditioned 5,000 people and she was one of them. If there was anyone better than Alia Bhatt, she would have been in the movie, but there wasn't. She just stood out. Maybe her name played a role in why, but I think her body of work already proves that's not it.