He can cast whoever he wants and ppl can call out his bias. But note this: It’s not his job or duty or obligation to serve us fresh talent or new talent . He will run his business the way he wants with his money and his investments. He will work with the people he wants. End of story.
Yash Chopra constantly worked with srk and no one else throughout the 90s up until his last film
Rgv used to work with Sridevi, Antara mali and Urmila again and again
Slb goes for ash , Deepika ranveer repeatedly
akshay used to be Priyadarshans go to.
Having a preference of actors n crew they wanna work with is OK
The thing to argue or rage about if he dissuades other producers, who make films completely Outside of his prod company to cast so n so actor or worse, not cast so n so actor. It isn’t his business so he should technically not have a say or that much influence or clout on others (sadly he does so the others need to stand up to themselves too$
If people had someone else in mind and he actively discouraged them or steered them differently or called in a chit that’s manipulation. and that can be justifiably criticised.
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