Its high time we stop talking about Nepotism in bollywood

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Posted: 7 years ago
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  • Producers make a movie to earn money. Simply put, Bollywood is an entertainment industry. If casting B-town kids means more publicity and buzz, then why not? And it certainly is not their mistake that they are popular

  • As I have mentioned earlier, being a celeb kid comes with a price. When people and media aren't sensitive enough to not invade their privacy, they can't crib about nepotism. In my books that is borderline hypocrisy.

  • Privilege of birth how many of us are studying in government schools to ensure equality, so that we are not ahead by unfair' privilege of birth over equally (or even more) talented kids from the poor economic backgrounds? People who were fortunate to be born in those families have better opportunities than an outsider. Condemning that while using the resources provided to us by our families is being hypocritical.

  • Being part of a family which runs business involuntarily teaches some practical nuances of business from a very young age. Similarly, having a movie background gives the star kids exposure to the movie industry from a very young age. They certainly have a head start which in effect might translate into having more talent' to begin with.

  • As I stated before, the cinema industry is a business. No director in his/her right mind would cast someone born with a silver spoon over an actor/actress who happens to be much more talented, because that is detrimental to the business. We know a lot of star kids who faded away because they could not make their mark.

I don't see what's in it to make a big fuss about nepotism. If we take a closer look, it is prevalent everywhere, including our lives. In my books, it is just called privilege of birth.

Yes, someone with no background may require another extra 23 years to start off, but that's it. What happens next is in compliance with 'Survival of the fittest'

Nepotism is overrated and over-hyped.




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Posted: 7 years ago
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Producers in HW also makes movies to earn money... They dont do charity... yet they have casting agents who takes auditions for the roles
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Posted: 7 years ago
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Originally posted by: anjs

Producers in HW also makes movies to earn money... They dont do charity... yet they have casting agents who takes auditions for the roles


we are talking about india not hollywood
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Posted: 7 years ago
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Nepotism is over-hyped. Both in Politics and Bollywood.

A powerful family name, can give just the start- your first movie, make you a PM candidate but at the end it's your abilities which helps you sustain your career.

Alia Bhatt, for example may have got a start thanks to Karan Johar's Student of the Year but she has survived since then just for her acting skills. Reminds of that dialogue from Jolly LLB 2, 'Alia Bhatt is Mahesh Bhatt's best contribution to Bollywood'. We loved her for Highway, Udta Punjab, Dear Zindagi not for the 'Bhatt' but her performances.

Salman Khan has not just survived but ruled Bollywood but his siblings Arbaz and Sohail didn't. Why? Abilities (in this case, more than acting, the marketing abilities but abilities at the end)

Now, Jhanvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khattar, Sara Ali Khan may have got their first movies thanks to their parents/siblings but they may not sustain in Bollywood if their performances are mediocre.

A disadvantage of being a 'star kid' is the constant comparison which ruins your career. Example Abhishek Bachchan. Not a bad actor at all, but comparisons with Amitabh Bachchan never let his Bollywood career flourish.

There are also notable self-made stars in Bollywood, like Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar, among the present generation, Sushant Singh Rajput and Raj Kumar Rao. Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut, Anushka Sharma, Deepika Padukone have had no Bollywood backgrounds but are ruling the industry and how.

Yes, someone with no background may require another extra 23 years to start off, but that's it. What happens next is in compliance with 'Survival of the fittest'

Nepotism is overrated and over-hyped.


Edited by desiking3 - 7 years ago
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Posted: 7 years ago
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All the talk about the nepotism is definitely yielding positive results...It has made the star kids who want to become actors more responsible and thankful towards the opportunity that they are getting and not behave like a bunch of entitled brats...
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Posted: 7 years ago
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Quora is such a cesspit, IIT Madras ke bande se aise answers umeed nahi thi 😆
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Posted: 7 years ago
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i can't believe but I am agreeing with desiking.
This nepotism debate is silly to say the least, because it is all biased, and with over hyping of Jhanvi, we can sew people didn't had problem with nepotism they had issues with Alia.
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Posted: 7 years ago
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This might be an unpopular opinion but I'm very tired of this debate. How are we as an audience suppose to act on this is the question. There is no voting system as to whom to keep and whom not to in the position of power. It is purely an entertainment based decision which people make. Be it a star kid or anybody else, if he or she connects with the audience then there is no stopping that actor or star. Be it any industry I can only see these star kids strengthening their hold with audience wholeheartedly accepting them. This is happening across all the industries. So what are we protesting here?
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Posted: 7 years ago
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Originally posted by: Sarath_Pandey

Quora is such a cesspit, IIT Madras ke bande se aise answers umeed nahi thi 😆


Got to give it to the TM. Trolling with passion and dedication. Find random posts on quora and post with outrageous titles 😆
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Posted: 7 years ago
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Originally posted by: Thug-Leader

i can't believe but I am agreeing with desiking.
This nepotism debate is silly to say the least, because it is all biased, and with over hyping of Jhanvi, we can sew people didn't had problem with nepotism they had issues with Alia.


If we want to choose watching movies on the basis of star kids then we won't be able to watch more than half of the good movies in many industries like Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam etc... Baahubali was completely a product of nepotism but did anyone protest against it. Most of Rajamouli films are same, even his future project has two star kids. Instead of enjoying his work , should everybody start criticizing him for choosing those actors.

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