Bollywood is notorious for nepotism. The Indian film industry has been kind to ‘privileged’ actors from known showbiz families. The ones who don’t have a ‘strong’ background are often mistreated. But it looks like noted lyricist Javed Akhtar differs on that.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s death unveiled many cases of unjust behavior towards small scale actors. Some of Bollywood’s big names were involved in the controversy and it was evident that nepotism is a huge issue in the film industry.
Veteran writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar has something else to say on the matter. According to him, the existence of nepotism is impossible. He also states the reason why he thinks so.
Javed Akhtar Denies Nepotism exists in Bollywood
When asked about it, Akhtar said,
“Inheritance cannot be called nepotism. I think people are confusing inheritance with nepotism. In film industry, nepotism is not possible because ultimately, the person who is buying the ticket at the box office is the voter and that cannot be rigged. May be somebody born in a film family has a foot in the door, but that’s about all.”
Upon the use of drugs in the film industry, he said,
“As far as the drugs are concerned, it is the malice of the society. I have only heard and I have not seen any drug with my own eyes. But I have heard the young people tend to use drugs, but that is not just in film industry, it is the current malice of the society. That should be looked into. And I don’t know what is illegal and what is legal.”
It seems that the writer believes that the Hindi film industry is as clear as water. Well, everybody has a right to have an opinion. But going by the dominance of the Kapoors, Roshans, Khans, Bachans to name a few, Javed Akhtar seems too naive over here.
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