This is the reason which people seem to be celebrating the fall of Bollywood and hits like Kgf with outsiders like Yash. It's shocking to see the seeming glee that viewers seem to have when a bollywood film flops going by the comments on you tube/twitter etc such as "sukoon mil gaya". If I were a bollywood star I would be seriously worried but yeh tho apni hi dhun mein magan hain.
I think these stars are just oblivious to the real world, they live in their glass houses in sobo, london and NY and are totally unware. I see a complete purge happening of these tone deaf elite if they don't wake and smell the coffee.
in contrast, the earlier generation from abhishek to a karishma or raveena were not this bad or maybe lack of media meant we thought so.
also though the south also has its share of rampant nepotism, the actors definetly have their ear to the ground and are more rooted, maybe because they need to be connected to their fans who hail from smaller towns.
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