nepotism for launching his brother-in-law
Aayush Sharma in the upcoming film,
Loveyatri.
The 52-year-old actor contends that
someone would have launched Aayush, if
not him, as he has been working hard for
his Bollywood debut for years.
"He has been training hard. I knew this
nepotism thing would come up.. He is son
of a politician how can you put him into
this nepotism thing. This is the only one
place where nepotism cannot work at all. It
is the audience that will make you a
superstar or will reject you no matter
whose son or a brother-in-law you are,"
Salman said at a special Loveyatri concert in
Mumbai.
The Race 3 actor cites his own example and
says it is "totally the audience who decide
what they like and what not".
"You never know what they would like. You
may be the best looking guy and best actor
and they just reject you and you can have
nothing. And then there is something about
you that audience goes to watch your film
in cinema halls but this is till your last film."
Salman further points out that the film
industry has become a very competitive
field which he believes is good.
He says, even today, he gets nervous on a
Friday, especially when his films are
releasing, be it as an actor or producer. "I
remember when Maine Pyaar Kiya had
released went on a bike with my friend in a
theatre to gauge the reaction of the
audience. During the interval people saw
me and I had to run away from there. It is
one of the happiest moment for me.
"I am one of the fortunate ones that even
my flop films do business of over Rs 100
crore. I told Aayush and Warina that even if
you deliver a flop film it should do Rs 160
crore at the box office.. So now they have
pressure of flop film."
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Loveyatri was previously titled Loveratri but
had a last-minute change after certain
religious quarters accused Salman of
hurting their sentiments. The film will be
released on October 5.
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