'Chita Par Roti Sekna', Richa Chadha's Blog On Sushant, Nepotism & Cyberbullying Is A Must Read

What really has changed after Sushant Singh Rajput's death? Have we become more sensitive to people now? Have we actually realised that even trolling and mocking people online is a form of bullying?

As fans demand justice for Sushant Singh Rajput, a lot of them have been spewing hate on social media, issuing rape and death threats to various celebrities. Is this the way we are helping a departed soul to find peace?

Reminding us all about where the problem lies, Richa Chadha wrote a long blog about the ongoing debates on various topics like nepotism, privilege, star kids and online bullying. Showing us the other side of it, she reveals what it is like to be a part of this industry.

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Talking about the insider-outsider debate, she said that she too had to face the wrath of it.

"There are insiders who can be kind and generous, and outsiders who are punitive egomaniacs. In the nascent phase of my career, I was often ¡®cut to size¡¯ by outsiders. It took me all my strength to recover from various forms of subtle sabotage. But this is not about me. The tragic part is that everyone here has experienced a version of this."

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About the ongoing nepotism debate, she asks, why should anyone be ashamed of their parents. "If someone¡¯s father is a star, they are born into that household the same as we are to our folks. Are you ashamed of your parents?"

She also revealed the other side of nepotism by stating that "Star-kids have to deal with rivalry within their own clans."

"There exist hierarchies within the clan too, wherein say the grandson of a legendary singer or the son of an ace stuntman maybe thought of as lesser than that of a director or actor. Knowing how deeply rooted caste is in our country, why does this unstated ranking system surprise anyone? We may never know what someone else may be dealing with here. I empathise but I won¡¯t know that pain, unless I am standing in their shoes."

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Recalling how she met Sushant Singh Rajput, she wrote:

"Sushant and I started out by workshopping together in a theatre group. I was sharing a 700 sq ft apartment in Andheri West with a friend from Delhi. Sushant would pick me up on his bike and we would head to the rehearsal, for which I was grateful. I wasn¡¯t poor or broke. But I can¡¯t say money was not a consideration when I had to head out to do an ad audition for a skin brand. I would worry about my make up melting in the auto rickshaw before I even arrived. This was would NEVER happen with a ¡®star-kid¡¯, and if it does, they will be lauded for being humble enough to take the rickshaw in the first place. But I don¡¯t resent their privilege."

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She confesses that people in the industry are mocked for not knowing a language. "There is almost zero to no emphasis on education in this business," she writes.

"A lot of actors citing nepotism as a reason for ¡®not being accepted¡¯ are the ones that got their breaks specifically BECAUSE of nepotism. i.e. they were physically and/or metaphorically in bed with the influential person that recommended them to a producer who gave them their first film or their family friend¡¯s son was making a film and needed a ¡®new face¡¯ which was easily found in the family WhatsApp group."

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She says star kids don't have it easy either. They just have it easier than an outsider.

She added that social media bullying of the deceased actor¡¯s friends and girlfriend "are littered with filth".

"Who are these ¡®fans¡¯? I checked out a few profiles online. The same gutter mouths that abused Sushant when he took a stand on the ¡®Padmavat¡¯ issue are now abusing his loved ones for ¡®not being there¡¯ for him. Several of these are fake fan profiles that have emerged overnight, they're using his images to get their daily fix of online validation."

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Furthermore, she said many filmmakers who are sharing condolence messages are the ones who " replaced actresses who refused to sleep with them".

"Several directors were seen sharing condolence messages a month ago. So many among these have run down movies of their peers pre-release, have replaced actresses who refused to sleep with them at the last minute and several have in fact repeatedly forecasted ¡®iska kuch nahi hoga¡¯. Invariably, many such soothsayers only end up making bhurji with the eggs on their face. You¡¯re not God. Stop infecting the world with your jadedness and cynicism."

She adds that people need to stop shedding crocodile tears and writes, "What unfolded post the tragedy is a visual display of what we call ¡®chita par roti sekna¡¯."

You can read her entire blog here.