Nepotism in Bollywood

Nepotism exists in every industry, every business and it's just the shades and gradations that vary.

The media has been raving and ranting over the last couple of days about nepotism in Bollywood ever since the tragic suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput over the weekend. Fingers have been pointed at a leading film producer, who is also a famous TV anchor, and many other big names and studios who were perhaps responsible, through orchestrated and coordinated actions, in driving Rajput to his sad end. The boy from Bihar was a rank outsider. He had risen in the highly cut-throat film industry by virtue of exceptional talent, exemplary grit and extraordinary determination. He had a sparkling television career, with Pavitra Rishta catapulting him to stratospheric fame.

Then his films, especially Kai Po Che!, PK, MS Dhoni – The Untold Story, Kedarnath and Chhichhore all did well. But he ran foul of the powerful satraps of Bollywood at some stage last year after his movie Drive did not find distributors and had to be premiered on Netflix. It is said that he was squarely blamed for the debacle and ostracised by a select group of Bollywood’s elite. They apparently started to ridicule him, denigrate him and shut all doors of opportunity by denying him any new film roles. Sushant Singh Rajput, lonely and alone, slipped into a depression. And then, sadly, decided to end his life. 

Sushant Singh Rajput killed himself in his Mumbai house on Sunday. After his demise, the entire film and television fraternity has been in a state of shock. Mourning the loss of young talent, several celebrities like Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Sonam Kapoor and others took to social media to express their grief. They even held themselves guilty of not being there for Sushant during tough times.

 Karan Johar's tweet

This is heartbreaking....I have such strong memories of the times we have shared ...I can’t believe this ....Rest in peace my friend...when the shock subsides only the best memories will remain....💔 pic.twitter.com/H5XJtyL3FL

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) June 14, 2020

 Alia Bhatt's tweet

 

I’m in a deep state of shock.
No matter how much I think about it, I don’t have the words.
I’m totally devastated.
You've left us too soon.
You will be missed by each and every one of us.
My deepest condolences to Sushant's family, loved ones, and his fans. 🙏

— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) June 14, 2020

However, their condolence messages didn’t go well with some people on social media and once again sparked the debate around nepotism and favouritism in the Hindi film industry. Some even brought up an episode of Koffee With Karan where KJo asked Alia to rate three male actors in a Rapid Fire question. The options were Sushant Singh Rajput, Ranveer Singh and Varun Dhawan. On this Alia Bhatt replied, “Sushant Singh Rajput, who?”

As #JusticeForSushantSinghRajput became a top trend on Twitter, there was a flurry of activity on the handles of Karan Johar and Alia Bhat. It is learnt that social media managers of the stars have their job cut out trying to sanitise the feeds of abusive comments. Karan Johar’s last post on Sushant had over a million likes and 1.3 lakh comments.

Alia Bhat’s post has double the number of likes and a similar number of comments. For both the stars, the spike in comments is ten times what they get on a regular post.

Kangana Ranaut, who has always been extremely vocal about the issue, released a video on social media reiterating the same.

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 " It is important to give talent their due. And if celebrities are struggling with personal and mental health issues, the media should try and emphasize with them, rather than making it difficult for them! "

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