Kajol on nepotism: It's a debate brought by two personalities...DTNpg4

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Technically it was just a random comment made by Kangana during that KWK episode. It was KJo and his friends that have dragged this issue onwards for months and months. If they didn't react to that comment in the first place, the industry wouldn't be going around and around on this nepotism issue.

Disagree on Kajol's one point where she generalized that every child wants to enter the career-field of their parents. I don't expect to hear anything ground-breaking from Kajol otherwise.

Edited by charismatic-gem - 8 years ago

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: TheRowdiest

This forum hates Kajol to the core ...they were the ppl who wanted her to leave her kids and Husband for her " frnd " Kjo and she was bashed for not doing this ...as if they will do the same in their real lives🤪

Oh please no one wants her to leave her husband for KJO! Kuch bhi!

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Posted: 8 years ago

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You can't expect people who benefit from nepotism to speak against it. That's a pointless endeavor. I think the main issue is that most of the celebrities are dumb and don't know how to phrase what they want to say.

You have to remember that's it's only recently that BW was considered an industry by the Indian government. It was after that that corporate money and bankers were able to come in. (A lot of them failed and were driven away but that's another issue.) Prior to that, BW was basically a mom and pop type of business where people were putting in their own money or getting scary black loans from the mafia. When you're shouldering so much responsibility and there's the possibility of going bankrupt if a movie flops, why would they go looking for random outsiders to star in them? Nobody is obligated to go through all that and put up their own money to help random strangers. Why would they? They have a reason to take risks for their kids and family members but why would they do that for others?

In case of star kids, the audience also automatically has interest in them. People are curious to see if Amitabh Bachchan's kid is anything like him or if Rishi Kapoor has any talent like Raj Kapoor. There is automatic interest when you put them in movies. Ranbir and Sonam became stars before Saawariya even released. Having them in a movie is beneficial because there's a minimum guarantee that a movie will make at least a certain amount of money. If they're bad, then the audience will stop coming and they will eventually flop. But initially, at least the first movie, it's less risky to have star kids than complete unknowns.

Nepotism exists in every other industry too. People get internships for their kids in their own companies. Some companies even have special programs especially for employee children for summer jobs, etc. Aunts and uncles will tell their family members first of openings they know about and recommend their names. Anyone will get a job easier through their connections with friends and family members over randomly submitting a resume where you don't know anyone.

Edited by anonymous39 - 8 years ago