Okay I tried to control my anger but lost it midway, apologies for the harsh language π
Its not just nepotism. Favouritism, groupism, camps, nexus and unfair opportunities are the bigger problem.
An outsider newcomer's film would not get screens in theatres because a bigger banner would buy all screen times for their films...and they could star a newcomer insider. Isn't that unfair?
Also, talent does not depend solely on genetics and your last name. Yes we have had some great actors from the Kapoor clan after Prithviraj Kapoor. But does that mean that outsiders won't get work only because they do not bear a popular surname?
Also them being obsessed with their 'struggles'. Like b**ch please. did you ever stand in audition lines for hours only to get rejected without even auditioning? Did u go from casting agent to casting agent, not knowing whether casting couch would be a problem or no? Are you working various part time jobs (to support yourself whilst auditioning), which may not even pay well because you couldn't lose years of your youth as acting is a looks-based industry? Have you stayed away from your homes for years altogether not knowing whether you would make it? No right, so stfu and admit that you have it easier.
The elitist attitude that the nepo gang has is so damn off putting. Today they are all over Vicky Kaushal, Ayushman Khurana, Rajkumar Rao. But few years ago they wouldn't have given a rat's ass. Ayushman himself had narrated the incident when he asked KJo for work and got an office number...when he called the secretary first denied KJo being around and later said they only signed 'established names'. Who tf decides established names?! Being a Khan or Kapoor or Pandey with zero work experience means that you're established? Or is it the money your parents invest in your films and makhan maaro the producers? Mr Johar, you got your opportunity and platform because of your father. Can you imagine running from director to director so that someone would pick up your script? I think not.
They also get access to the best PR reps, fitness classes, dance classes, dermatologists and plastic surgeons to make you picture perfect. You buy "beauty" and set unrealistic standards. But plastic surgery does not equal to beauty. Lakhs of rupees are invested in you, whether you have the skills or no. So stop pretending you have no privilege and have earned everything you got. Coz frankly, if it weren't for your parents' connections and you were trying to get into the field as outsiders, no one would even turn and look at half of you'll.
And stop trying to get into an industry because the glitz and glam looks good. Coz if you don't deserve it then the audience is brutal. And you don't have the guts (insert the more crass word here) to face it. Go study, find something suitable and if you have talent then work on it. You've taken the audience for a ride for the last 20+ years. Now if its payback, you can't run away.
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