Karan Patel seems to have taken a jibe at actor Kangana Ranaut for her comments on nepotism. He claimed that after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death by suicide, many who were ‘nowhere related to him’ were trying to ‘milk the situation’.
In an interview with The Times of India,television actor Karan said that he does not see any reason for the nepotism debate to be reignited. Without naming Kangana, he said, “For example an actress these days is talking about nepotism. If I am not wrong, she came up with her own production house some time back so why didn’t she cast Sushant in her film if she’s such a big star. She first cast Sonu Sood and then later someone else, so she forgot about Sonu Sood. I have never seen her working with a new director or an actor.” Karan appeared to be alluding to Manikarnika where Kangana shared director’s credit.
Karan said that she must be taking into consideration the production house and studio before taking on any new project. “So, when even you are running behind big studios then why are you blowing nepotism’s trumpet? If you are that big-hearted and you have your own production house please go and pick a newcomer, a new director and work with him in his film as the heroine, then we will talk and listen to you.”
Seemingly taking a dig at the fact that Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel was her manager, Karan said, “You have your own production house and your family members, your sister is taking care of your business, why didn’t you hire new people, an outsider and announce job interviews. Why didn’t you hire someone who had an MBA degree to look after your production house.”
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