Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise on June 14 has reignited the nepotism debate, with many people from the industry are talking about industry’s bias towards artistes from film families.
Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt, whose family has been at the receiving end of criticism in the debate around nepotism, says people should first check facts about how her father Mahesh Bhatt’s production house, Vishesh Films, has launched more outsiders than the whole film industry.
Taking to her Twitter account, Pooja wrote “Have been asked to comment on the hot topic Nepotism that people are raging about. As someone who hails from a ‘family’ that has launched more new talent-actors, musicians & technicians, than the entire film industry combined, I can only laugh. Facts don’t find takers. Fiction does. “There was a time when the Bhatt’s were accused of having something against established actors & made to feel inferior for only working with/launching newcomers & not chasing stars. And now the same people play the nepotism card? Google & tweet guys & won’t even say think & speak.”
Mentioning Kangana Ranaut, who has time and again raised voice against nepotism, in a separate tweet, Pooja wrote that Vishesh Films backed her because they saw in her a talented actor.
“As for Kangana Ranaut-She is a great talent,if not she wouldn’t have been launched by Vishesh films in ‘Gangster’. Yes, Anurag Basu discovered her,but Vishesh Films backed his vision & invested in the film. No small feat. Here’s wishing her the very best in all her endeavours,” Pooja Bhatt tweeted.
She also wrote that, “Even #Sadak2 gives birth to a brand new talent in the form of @Suniljeet72. A music teacher from Chandigarh who came to our office with no prior appointment,a dream,a harmonium & a brilliant song called ‘Ishq Kamaal’ that was absorbed into the film on first hearing by my father.”
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