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Such a claim was possible for Akshay Kumar, who quit his job as a Bangkok chef 26 years ago to become a Hindi movie hero. Looking at the fresh crop of star kids set to break into Bollywood this year, it seems impossible for someone like him to do so now.
A number of high-profile newcomers are set to enter tinsel town this year, but most happen to be either children or relatives of industry tycoons. Nanda, Suhana Khan daughter of Shah Rukh Khan, Junaid Khan son of Aamir Khan, Khushi Kapoor daughter of Sridevi and Bonnie Kapoor, Shanaya Kapoor daughter of Sanjay Kapoor, Rajveer son of Sunny Deol Deol, Saif Ali Khan’s son Ibrahim Ali Khan, Poonam Dillon’s daughter Paloma, Salman Khan’s niece Alizei Agnihotri and others.
As the Hindi film industry grapples with the heated outsider vs. insider debate and puts up with vociferous calls to boycott, see if audiences accept these newcomers with open arms or leave them alone. would be interesting. “Nepotistic” Bollywood.
It denies that the new crop of star children will have to face tougher challenges than its predecessors, mainly due to the influx of talented actors from a variety of backgrounds not from the industry’s glamorous circles. can not.
Sajid Nadiadwala & Grandson, Ajay Devgn Films, and Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment rank first among 10 major film production companies in the 2017 Nepotism Index, published by a leading English-language business newspaper was ranked in Roles to actors who have relatives in the industry. Large banners favored the children of movie personalities under the obvious belief that financial risk could be mitigated for the curiosity of the audience.
For the record, star kids aren’t a new phenomenon in cinema. I was. This is mentioned in a book written by his daughter Ritu Nanda about her father. However, a major controversy surrounding nepotism erupted when Kangana Ranaut openly questioned the easy entry of star children into the film industry.
Appearing on Karan Johar’s show Koffee with Karan in 2017, Kangana accused the creators of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) of being patrons of the industry’s nepotism after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput in 2020. , the insider vs. outsider debate has become part of a heated debate everywhere.The way Kangana raised the issue of nepotism was perceived as a genuine attack on the film industry’s inherent system of patronizing star children.
It’s important to understand here that the term “starkid” isn’t just limited to the children of movie stars. That definition also includes the children of producers and directors and other influential people with inside access who were able to get jobs on films without much trouble. Ten star kids have been released with a lot of fanfare.Remember Hrithik Roshan’s debut, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, released in 2000? His father, producer and director Rakesh Roshan, went to great lengths to consider him the “star of the century”.
A few years later, a similar launch was planned by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions for the debut of Alia Bhatt and David Dhawan’s son Varun Dhawan. A launch like this is considered the perfect start for a star’s child career, but that’s not the fate of a typical debutant.
For example, from 1981 to 1983, the three most popular star sons caught our attention. In 1981, Sanjay Dutt and Kumar Gaurav launched their careers with Rocky and Love Story respectively, and Sunny Deol entered the industry in his 1983 with Beta Ab. Interestingly, around the same time, talented actors such as Ravi Vaswani and Sadashiv his Amrapulkar debuted respectively in his 1981 Sai his Paranzipe Chashme his Bad Door and Aad his Satya in 1983. However, it received little attention in the media or elsewhere.
Star Kid’s high-profile launches are primarily meant to introduce new faces to audiences, but have long been used as a privilege to maintain a distinction between “insiders” and “outsiders” in the film industry. Seen in this light, star kids are not only the face of a privileged minority, but also symbolic of the structural inequalities of Bollywood’s ‘star economy’.
However, such traditions are not limited to Hindi cinema alone. Whether in Hollywood or South Indian movies, star children have always tapped into the influence and influence of their parents and relatives. Are you lacking talent?
The discussion of nepotism revolves more around stifling talent than finding it. But if getting films based on talent is a problem, why is it that so much talent only comes from influential film families? It is a practice that perpetuates inequality in the name of
Unwilling to take risks, unwilling to try out new actors, and the practice of scratching each other’s backs, Bollywood has turned into an industry dependent on the stardom of a few names. Every newcomer who easily grabs the movie adds to this imbalance of power in the industry.
There are examples of star kids like Twinkle Khanna, Uday Chopra, Harry Baweja, and Tusshar Kapoor who put movies on the platter but didn’t shine. So star kids can’t be successful without talent. Like any other struggler, every debuting star kid faces the same challenge of proving himself after the noise and hustle of an epic launch has subsided.
Young people coming out of the film family this year to pursue their dreams will have to come together with the audience just like any other newcomer. Beyond a certain point, family ties don’t work.
