One also has to understand that the so called producers decisions are driven by commerce...it takes a very tactful, sharp and large hearted person to invest on rank outsider newcomers (even small budget) ... lot of people aren’t that because they fear losing money, company , their reputation
We as the audience are a major part of the problem too
When saawariya was abt to release people were all excited to see Rishi Kapoor and Anil Kapoor s offspring..heck saawariya was designed like old raj Kapoor movies and there was legit curiosity abt it and ppl even supported it against oso until the release happened and it bombed
On the other hand, who gave a crap about Vicky donor until it got good reviews? ayushman was debuting and he never had any hysteria associated with him despite being a known face
we get excited abt pedigree, legacy, so n sos son / daughter...so producers invest in THem to begin with and give them a preference over outsiders
This whole movement of supporting outsiders started now / recently post kangana/ tapsee etc spoke out and he word nepotism blew out
Before that we were more than happy to continue watching star kids. The only major success stories between the 80s and 90s and 2000s that can’t be attributed to nepotism is srk and Akshay Kumar. That should tell u a lot.
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