Nepotism exists everywhere, why single out only Bollywood?

Nepotism is everywhere. Literally. In education, business, politics, jobs and sports. However, I find that the most that any sector is abused is Bollywood. Is it a problem? YES. But does that mean that eliminating it from Bollywood will eliminate it from the society as a whole? Ofcourse not. Targeting bollywood is superficial, it may lead to uproar and some minor changes, but it's not going to actually make things better.

What we as a society need to do is call out nepotism when we see it happening around us, whether it is in our schools, colleges or jobs. Ignoring that and calling out bollywood actors/producers/directors is hypocrisy. Change begins at home.

Nepotism exits but not to this extent ---that to destroy others. outsiders......here it is more Criminal type Nepostism .....pay to detroy outsiders career....👎🏼👎🏼

paid agents and some agenda members are here too ....

Nepotism in business exists because it's their own business and naturally their sons/daughters are gonna carry on with it

Nepotism in education- I have seen teachers, principals kids bullied the most

It's ok if they wanna launch their own son/daughter in your own production. But they need to understand that they can't snach work from others and offer it to your kids. Star kids don't even need to audition. Sonam didn't audition for Delhi 6 neither did jhanvi for dhadak and alia's audition for SOTY was 🤪

Bollywood is a soft target thats why...

Bollywood is and has always been a reflection of Indian society. Everything we see happening in the country at large happens in Bollywood but no one is writing or reading 100s of articles on how someone got a job in business, education, media, etc. If the spotlight and interest in entertainment gossip was given to other fields, you would see all the same "news" coming out.

I honestly don't understand the boycott nepotism that's been doing the rounds on social media. It's not nepotism that should be boycott, it's gangism. It's this tradition of continuously keeping nepo kids in the forefront and pushing outsiders to the back that needs to be ended. It's ending the tradition of promoting movies using the nepo kid who has 5 scenes in a movie over the outsider who is the lead of the movie. That's what should be ended. Or, as I like to call it, movie mafia.

Originally posted by: HugeScarcity

Bollywood is and has always been a reflection of Indian society. Everything we see happening in the country at large happens in Bollywood but no one is writing or reading 100s of articles on how someone got a job in business, education, media, etc. If the spotlight and interest in entertainment gossip was given to other fields, you would see all the same "news" coming out.

I honestly don't know about India as much, but I know that here while there is nepotism, after some point it doesn't work if someone doesn't have the skills. During high school I used to work as a receptionist in a law firm to save money for college. There, a senior partner, got his kid hired as a lawyer right after graduation and getting called to the bar. This kid didn't know the ABC of law though. I'm surprised he even passed. Anyways I worked there for 4 years and so did he. He would always get the really simple cases and, I think, behind the scenes his father was helping him along. In my last year there, he got this case that appeared simple but quickly became complex. Within a span of a month, this kid messed up the case, got replaced by someone else on the case, and then he got fired. I met him a few years ago. He's now running a small restaurant because no law firm would hire him.

I gave this example to show that nepotism can only get you so far. After a while, it catches up. Especially if you don't know your trade.

Originally posted by: ProfMcGonagall

I honestly don't know about India as much, but I know that here while there is nepotism, after some point it doesn't work if someone doesn't have the skills. During high school I used to work as a receptionist in a law firm to save money for college. There, a senior partner, got his kid hired as a lawyer right after graduation and getting called to the bar. This kid didn't know the ABC of law though. I'm surprised he even passed. Anyways I worked there for 4 years and so did he. He would always get the really simple cases and, I think, behind the scenes his father was helping him along. In my last year there, he got this case that appeared simple but quickly became complex. Within a span of a month, this kid messed up the case, got replaced by someone else on the case, and then he got fired. I met him a few years ago. He's now running a small restaurant because no law firm would hire him.

I gave this example to show that nepotism can only get you so far. After a while, it catches up. Especially if you don't know your trade.

Nepotism is hugely prevalent in India because of our culture and upbringing. In western countries, children generally leave their homes after school and become more independent, where as Indians tend to stick to their families closely for a long time. Most Indian parents would want and even only expose you to their own professions. If you have a business here, chances are very high that your children or relatives would also join you and then take over the reigns. You can easily name the lineages of some Indian politicians but it would be harder for you to do that elsewhere. These are just a few examples but it can be seen across all fields. Ultimately, nepotism still catches up here as well but it is more deeply ingrained in Indian society to give opportunities to those related to you.

Because this is a Bw forum😂.

I mean dusre Industry ke nepotism se forum wasio ka kiya lena dena lol.

Originally posted by: HugeScarcity

Nepotism is hugely prevalent in India because of our culture and upbringing. In western countries, children generally leave their homes after school and become more independent, where as Indians tend to stick to their families closely for a long time. Most Indian parents would want and even only expose you to their own professions. If you have a business here, chances are very high that your children or relatives would also join you and then take over the reigns. You can easily name the lineages of some Indian politicians but it would be harder for you to do that elsewhere. These are just a few examples but it can be seen across all fields. Ultimately, nepotism still catches up here as well but it is more deeply ingrained in Indian society to give opportunities to those related to you.

True. Like the Gandhis or the Ambanis. These are well known names. I'm sure there are many others. But see in the end they do suffer. Rahul Gandhi has yet to reach a position where he is taken seriously. Between the Ambanis, Mukesh Ambani did better than Anil Ambani.

In the past it was the same with BW. Rishi Kapoor did the best out of the 3 brothers. Kumar Gaurav had a few hits to his name and then sat at home. Esha Deol never tasted the success of her mother or brothers.

Nowadays, though, that has changed. Most people would be hardpressed to name a good actress who isn't a nepo kid. R. Balki wouldn't make such a statement as what he made. Some nepo kids do still get rejected, but it is rarer now.