Amid Nepotism Row, Gulshan Devaiah Asks Why People Object Only When Bollywood Launches Star Kids!
Reacting to Gulshan's tweet, people pointed out that star kids in the South are hardworking and 'talented,' unlike many in Bollywood who get unlimited chances despite being mediocre.
Nepotism debate in Bollywood is a topic that never grows old. Bollywood filmmakers have been accused of 'favoring' star kids for decades. Recently, a new debate started on social debate after Zoya Akhtar announced her next film, The Archies.
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People began accusing Akhtar of using her film as a launchpad for star kids. The poster and the teaser of the movie stars Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor & Agastya Nanda.
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People were quick to bash the makers, while they royally ignored the details about the other leads, who weren't from film families.
the Justice League of Nepotism https://t.co/4E6LwN2OpY
¡ª Advit (@rebelmooned) May 14, 2022
Given the fact that Netflix is the most expensive OTT platform in India, it needs to have top tier Indian content to compel people to pay a premium for it.
¡ª Burnard Rodri (@rodri_goad) May 14, 2022
Funding pet projects of Bollywood families is not it, boss. International corp feeding the nepotism circle. Pathetic. https://t.co/bC4elEagWZ
Wait, what!
¡ª Prathyusha Parakala (@PrathyushaCFA18) May 14, 2022
I didn't realise these kids were even Indians..Basically a film for everyone with a surname. Nice!#TheArchies https://t.co/9aQp8Nnfv6
As people started giving in their unwarranted two cents on the debate, Bollywood Actor Gulshan Devaiah tweeted and pointed out an interesting detail.
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Pointing out at people, who object to nepotism only when they see Hindi films, he wrote,
Observation: Hindi film audiences will happily watch dubbed films of a second/third/fourth generation star kid & not have any nepotism ki khujli (at least on social media)
¡ª Gulshan Devaiah (@gulshandevaiah) May 14, 2022
¡°Observation: Hindi film audiences will happily watch dubbed films of a second/third/fourth generation star kid & not have any nepotism ki khujli (at least on social media).¡±
Hinting that the nepotism debate usually revolves around Bollywood star kids, Gulshan, in his tweet, asked why people never criticize South films for casting 'star kids.'
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His tweet drew mixed reactions from the internet. People pointed out that star kids in the South are hardworking and 'talented', unlike many in Bollywood who get unlimited chances despite being mediocre. Read here:
Twood families are pretty confusing. Every1 is related to some1 and it's difficult to keep up.Also they don't make it a huge deal about a star kid launch like they do in bwood. So most of the audience doesn't even know that a particular actor is a starkid. Hope that makes sense.
¡ª That Brown Girl. (@desi_madonna) May 14, 2022
At least in Kerala only the worthy nepo kids will stay and others will be kept aside,like Prithviraj is a nepo kid but is an amazing actor but Suresh gopis son is not much appreciated in films and doesn¡¯t get many roles
¡ª Arfan Khan (@unpopular_banda) May 15, 2022
Because audience wants some entertainment as well , if it comes with a good act fine if not then it has to be a good story or visual , either way entert. is what audience craves for , Hindi cinema has started working like a factory entirely effortless hence the situation is bad.
¡ª Manoj Mahajan (@manojmahajan45) May 14, 2022
Nice observation.
¡ª Akash Mishra (@AkashMi21159834) May 16, 2022
Except ranganathan madhvan and vijay setupati none of the south film industry actor is a first generation actor.
You think about any big actor from south and you'll find he is either second or third and in some cases even a forth generation actor.
Problem is below par movies. Nobody talks about nepotism when it comes to Ranbir Kapoor. Only those who can't bring up nepotism debates. Hope now you get it Mr Hunter.
¡ª Fibonacci (@riteshz1) May 15, 2022
Star kid or non-star kid; one needs to have the talent. Mediocrity is no longer sellable. Many south star kids have not taken off as well
¡ª Sneha Banerjee (@snehabanerg) May 14, 2022
Disagree. No one is worried about generational acting families. It is when the actor or actress is given undue importance when you have better people to fill that role.
¡ª Bharat (@Bharat4Change) May 15, 2022
For example Ramcharan, NTR are all from acting families, if they have not improved, they will loose relevance
Most dubbed films star kids know the language they are going to be making movies in pretty well.
¡ª Aastha Agrawal (@Notthechannel) May 15, 2022
Sara Ali Khan actually received a lot of love initially from the audience because she did not seem as detached from the rest of as the other starkids.
Nepotism isn't the issue.
There is one difference. Those second/third/fourth generation star kid will be talented unlike a few in Hindi. Not naming any.
¡ª Ram S Narayan (@RamSNarayan) May 15, 2022
You have a point. But at the same time, unlike Bollywood the "nepo kids" down South (assuming that's what you are talking about) are extremely talented in either performance or entertainment.
¡ª Dsj (@de_extremist) May 14, 2022
It's more about content gulshan and everyone including you in Bollywood also knows the truth that good stories have completely dried up. Ab tum gehrayian bana ke socho ki log dekhenge to hum chutiye nahi hain bhai. Netflix type content banega to Netflix jaisi hi halat hogi.
¡ª Anand Choubey (@WatchOut_Anand) May 14, 2022
It's not about nepo stars doing movies. People love Ranbir, Hritik because they proved at acting. Not the same case with the current generation of nepos.
¡ª Shashank Bhat (@Shashan30500610) May 15, 2022
True, but working mechanism of south is much better than Bollywood, connect of south starts to local audience is also much better. Still south is just one or two points better than Bollywood otherwise it's just the same.
¡ª Ranga Qaatil (@Rangaqaatil) May 15, 2022
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