That used to be the case. But people are using the tag of "nepotism" to troll or bash even those star kids who have genuine talent. They cannot help that they were born into film families. People should judge them on their talent and not who their father or mother is.
One cannot really determine objectively how its done but you are right about several cases where actors have felt cornered or ignored, especially at a time where they are commercially viable and at their peak
@@bhargavipbanobody is questioning the roots of sugar babies. We are against campism, gangism and lobbyism- why was radhika madan not selected in soty 2? Why was tapsee pannu replaced with nepokid lullanya pandey in ppaw 2? Sara ali and junior shroff continue to be cast as lead in spite of shitting on the sets
One thing I've noticed frequently is when someone points out the rampant nepotism that exists within southern film industries the fans of these stars always say that those actors have proven themselves by their acting. Whereas the point is they could prove themselves mainly because they kept on getting new movie offers even after giving flops. But for an outsider that's impossible , one flop and you'll be erased out of the industry map.
The success of the likes of Allu Arjun, Ram Charan and Junior NTR warrants respect but the years in refining the craft is also a result of their privilege!
@TriedRefusedProductions well jr. Ntr had a phase of continuous flops, but before such streak, he has already proven himself as a gifted actor, more than a star, through rakhi, adhurs, simhadri etc..
No. Ravi Teja, an outsider has given back to back flops, still he got movies. He neither reduced his fees too. Same goes for Gopichand. It's only in bollywood that outsiders don't get chance after flop. Even if, their roles will change to be a side character
For years they have been but thanks to ott and outsiders like nani vijay devarakonda adivi sesh nikhil for wisely choosing scripts and making it big lekapothe villani tokki villa scripts aa family ki istaru
do something about it idk why people even let this happen these people behaves like gangs, this is why india isn't developing because of nepotism in every industry.
As late Sushant singh Rajput once said that nepotism as long as it is in its own space is fine. When the privileged start forming lobbies to start bending the industry to their will, it gets toxic and hostility against newcomers would be apparent and ultimately, the independent/individual talent will bear the brunt which is the harsh truth today.
@@sriramsakura Caste? Depsite Sushant’s caste, he got 0 recognition for his good work from bollywood biggies. Bollywood itself is a religion for the film families like kapoors, bacchans etc
This Sushant Singh Rajput thing has been flogged to death to the point of extreme irritation. Especially as a fashionable cause. He wasn’t a good actor either. It is time his ghost is laid to rest. RIP.
@@sriramsakura what an illogical question ? Just because he was from upper class he shouldn't have complaint about what's going wrong ? If lower caste nepo kids doesn't exist or getting media highlight then it's not his fault .
Just FYI, I wouldn't put Ranveer and Deepika as self made stars. Their families might not be directly in the industry, but had enough resources and connections to get them projects. For me, someone like Rajkumar Rao and Ayushman are much more impressive in terms of starting from nothing.🔥
Not for Ranveer for sure but you cannot include DP in that conversation ! She was daughter of sports legend Prakash Padukone , still she chose a different career venture from modelling & then to acting in which she has been consistently prevelant in the industry after 15 years of hardwork , working more on her acting skills bettering herself everyday ! Yes she came from upper middle class but she was never given everything on platter ! She made herself way up through years to get where she is now !
@@sarcasticsree yes, atleast ranveer is related to someone inside the industry. One needs to understand how close-knit film industry can be and how they wouldn't give shit about Indias biggest badminton players daughter. I would be surprised if anyone in films knew who he was.
I am glad that outsiders like Siddhant Gupta (Jubilee), Barun Sobti (Asur), Pratik Gandhi (Scam 1992), Karan Thacker (Khakee: the Bihar Chapter) have been offered roles that make a difference. People blaming big producers and studios that they are not giving chance to outsiders must be grateful that we did not had to watch the afore-mentioned talented individuals debut in cringe commercial movies. It's just my view- considering the fact that OTT has opened the floodgates of intelligent, sensible and highly engaging writing, a talented outsider wanting to make a mark would benefit if he chooses a good script over making a flashy but forgettable theatrical debut in a mass movie!
Let me tell you that all of them have been in the Industry for more then a Decade and are getting recognition now. Prateik Gandhi has worked in numerous Gujarati movies n plays. Barun Sobti has played a lead in TV - Iss pyaar ko kya naam du. And the list is long.
@@a.k.p.4061 I agree with what you have said. But think of this entire thing this way- atleast they are getting recognition for work that matters. Imagine anyone of them had to debut in a cringe movie like Student of the Year 2 or Simbaa which launched some of the star kids, would have they gotten a chance to leave a mark? PS- Barun Sobti was a television actor before he ventured into movies. I don't know why you have pointed him out specifically in relation to my comment. He has not been in the movie business for a long time. Also my comment was directed towards Hindi movie industry specifically. Prateik Gandhi too has ventured into the Hindi movie business fairly recently (in 2018).
The digital boom definitely has helped many talented actors come in the forefront and I think that is a genuine victory. This utopia of thinking that everyone will transition to become a bankable leading hero is rather far fetched. One can still be fully satisfied in their hermit kingdoms!
Exactly. Just like how Kiara Advani said in an interview that she went to a party not knowing much about it and met different directors and producers there, including Karan Johar and the next day she got a call for a movie role audition. How convenient!
I think one key aspect in Malayalam (and probably Tamil) cinema is the availability of opportunities.. in Malayalam cinema, you can have a Suraj Venjaramoodu, Biju Menon, Manju Warrier etc. playing a major role in films which do very well.. also the appreciation for character actors and comedians is much more, so folks who come up from a stage background like theatre or mimicry get chances more easily. Not to mention cases where producers like a Prithviraj giving meaningful roles to a Roshan Matthew in Kuruthi, which is just one example.
Also there's no generation of actors in every family. As much as there are actors that are connected to somebody in film industry there are more outsiders so even someone like Thilakan's son cannot even succeed compared to outsiders. When Kunchacko Boban is mentioned, well Dileep was more popular and the star when both of them started their career in 90s. Somewhere Kunchacko failed and didn't see too much of him. So nepotism in malayalam film industry isn't beneficial compared to other industries.
@@Finnolakunchako boban left the industry. Apparently his wife didn't want him to act as a romantic hero. But I like Kunchako boban's acting tho. Dileep has a pattern of acting. And malayalam industry looks for talent than name. Especially now. We look for actors who fit the role
Roshan is from theater background. But i think in malayalam FI there's a balance of outsiders and nepo actors. And i feel that as the industry itself is competing with other industries & hollywood, to bring in malayali audience, a united front exists in the industry to bring good movies other than commercial films. Word of mouth still relevant more than ever
@@Sun.Shine- yes he is from theatre background, not a nepo child. Which is why I said, it is good that even producers like Prithviraj don’t play favourites. I don’t necessarily feel the industry is competing with bolly and hollywood, and I feel one big factor is that most of the movies focus on everyday people, which means the protagonist can be a good actor, not necessarily a star kid. Massy movies where a lot of flash and promotions are required (star vehicles) had a brief stint, but don’t really work in Malayalam cinema (we watch such movies from other industries though)
U missed Sushant in ur list of self-made actors. Its his 4th death anniversary too. In his words, “Over a period of time, if we keep giving chances to people who don’t have any talent or skills, then eventually, we will create an unbalanced equation. The whole industry will collapse because the target audience is being exposed to wonderful international cinema and talent. We are yet to reach that tipping point, but we must never take the audience’s understanding and our relevance for granted.”
Even movies with good content are tanking at the BO. Why not for once question the public for its bad taste in movies! People would go watch Jug Jugg Jeeyo but they won't watch movies like Action Hero and Badhaai Do! The ball shall always remain in the court of the audience. It's we who can bring about a change. If we stop watching cringe movies, filmmakers would definitely stop making such movies and start racking their brains to bring outside the box content!
@@manav6721didn't you see the video. South also has nepotism but talentless actors (nepo or not) get mowed down pretty quickly and only talent survives (although in Telugu industry some talentless nepo kids still keeps on making movies wasting their money and our time and energy)
its also important to note that there are levels of nepotism, people like shahid kapoor and vicky kaushal are from families associated with the film industry but it was not as easy for them as it was for ranbir or alia to debut and sustain in the industry, they are doing it purely by their hard work and talent similarly ranveer's dad is super rich and has many connections in Bollywood, he even financed band baja baarat so his journey was not as hard as maybe a rajkumar
You are bang on. Also, I think its largely indicative of how their 'LAUNCH' goes! Ishq Vishk was not nearly as publicised and big as Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai. Saawariya was an EVENT vs Band Baaja being a lowkey Yash Raj gamble!
In bollywood at least nepotism is questioned, outside Bollywood in other industries especially in private and public companies nobody questions nepotism.
Thats also because of the fandom. Nobody cares if media talks shit about the Kapoors or Roshans. But dare any media house roast an actor from film family in south, they will find crazy fan 'associations' outside their offices.
Private company hai toh obviously family member ko hi milega ....kya logic hai isma. I will obviously give business to my kids or cousin son and so on. Kya logic hai. You should have complaint about government or public business where government Mp and mla son are given high post for nepotism
Yes and No. Telugu audiences out right reject if the person has no talent. but yes, it is NOT on a global scale and small talent is pushed a lot too...by big stars and producers. Hence, the nepotism is not as bad as in copywood.
@@SriSrinivasable Then why did the Telugu audience not rejected Allu Arjun and Ram Charan whose acting abilities were not as good as they are now in their ventures in the beginning??? PS- It's a fact that Tollywood is more marred by nepotism than Bollywood has ever been!
I wish you spoke about how nepotism is only driven for the male heirs in the Telugu industry and almost never the female heirs. And similarly for the other south industries too. I'm sure if there are these many talents encouraged or cultivated among the men, the women too could have a chance, but the culture is obviously patriarchal. Also, you really should make a video about how the south industries have gone from having wonderful talented actresses from their own linguistic culture to barely having any actresses speaking their own language (Esp Telugu)
That’s actually true! Why do you think that is? Is it because the stories require a dumb blonde who needs saving and falls head over heels for the alpha male lead??
Fun fact (not about nepotism): The Kerala School Kalolsavam (Arts Fest) used to provide a direct pipeline for actresses to get into the film industry. Become the state "champion" and you get noticed. That's how we got so many of the most popular actresses (it has a Wikipedia entry) For actors, it was comedy/music/arts troupes and academies like Cochin Kalabhavan, Mimics Parade. Sadly both these have little to no influence today.
So in Telugu industry,there were attempts made for the females to come into the acting space like Niharika from Mega family. She initially started out as an anchor on a TV program and then came into movies,but honestly she had really bad acting skills which made all her films unsuccessful. There are other females who come from these families who work behind the cameras as producers, costumes,designers ,writers etc mostly because of not falling into the "beauty standards" of the movie going audiences
It is becoz particularly in tamil nadu ans even andhra by 1990s time film industry was seen to be evil for women so families never allowed women to come to industry which made safe passage for bombay based actress.
The problem with nepotism in the film industry, particularly Bollywood and Tollywood, is that new talents are not only denied opportunities (keep it in the family) but are sabotaged if they show promise. Kill the competition to stay relevant. Some Nepo kids are quite talented. But the vas majority of untalented nepo kids are repeatedly given starring roles with the hope that they somehow make it. This does not work in sports (although politics does) because a star sportsman cannot necessarily produce a star sportsman kid e.g. Gavaskar, Tendulkar etc.
yes and are less in the media compared to others who come from pre established film families like the kapoors or suhannas movie who is still getting films despite the poor performance in the arches
My only complain with most nepokids is please enter industry only if you have trained in acting and are willing to further improve. Choose good scripts coz you have the option to choose which outsiders don't have. See Hritik, Ranbir & Alia for example
Atleast the three names you have mentioned have great acting chops! Many outsiders are also not professionally trained in acting (i.e., they don't have acting degrees). Stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, SRK and many other outsiders like Ranveer Singh, Sanya Malhotra are not trained actors. None of them have studied acting. It's wrong to say that if a person is not having an acting degree them he or she should not act cause going by that measure very few (including crores of outsiders who come to Bombay to become an actor) won't be eligible to even opt for this field of career.
@@seemonjena659 atleast they should be able to act and attract the audience with their performance. And I don't consider Ranveer Singh as an outsider. He had the upper hand as his family is rich and has film connections. Also he said that his casting director friend helped him get Band Baaja Baraat
There is a dearth of good scripts and director. So not everybody is going to get great movies. So sometimes they force to choose mediocre script over waiting for good script.
@@seemonjena659 Srk got trained by Barry John and he had already been in theatre in DU.. that’s how he got tv shows. What makes you think they didn’t undergo any training? Some even get trained on the job itself.
Speaking from Malayalam industry standpoint, there's no such concept as a film family like the Kapoor's or the Bachans. None of the nepo actors believe they will get multiple chances at acting just because they are nepo kids. Fahadh's first film was so bad, his father sent him abroad for his education, he came back after around 10 years later without a degree, and he got side role in the movie " tournament". After that it was all his hardwork. Same with Dulquer, his mother told him "people like your father (mamooty) due to some luck, don't expect the same good fortune to happen to you, get a good job and settle down". He went abroad for his MBA, made some short film with his friends, finally realising that acting was his passion. Vineeth Srinivasan was never considered as an actor until recently, he was known more for his singing, he acted in side roles in movies and even started directing small budget movies. It was due to him the actor Nivin Pauly was discovered. Prithviraj too has a production house where genuine people can come and pitch their ideas. There are many other examples. These actors never take the audience for granted, which is why the audience loves them.
As an audience I never noticed these actors right away for being associated within industry. They're always out of the limelight unlike in other film industries the first film and even before their first film they're hyped up due to PR. In malayalam cinema that excessive PR culture is not there and it only depends on whether their films work or not and not even their fan association contributes that much to their success. Star kid journey is no less different than outsiders in malayalam cinema too, of course the star kids have priveleges but outsiders are not affected to that extent. Big difference is also in other industries there's 3 generations of actors whereas in malayalam cinema not so much.
you forgot to mention that mammotty promised his son that he would never make a phone call for him, that he would have to pave his own way. he didn't want his children (dulquer and his sister, sulfath) to gain any fame because of him, especially DQ, which is why he gave his son another last name. DQ himself has said that nobody in his family has the name "salman"
@@godslittlegirlhone calls are not necessary. It is well known he is Mamooty’s son and that is worth a thousand phone calls. Imagine the possibility of an outsider getting the opportunities he had got to prove himself eventually…. Not possible.
@@mr.kochappan2418bro... In mollywood... We have a lot stars other than nepo kids... If u have talent... U can be in mollywood... May be the 1st opportunity can be rewarded for being mammmooty's kid... That doest nt mean he can convince athe audience....😅 In mollywood we only look talent... If u lack that...u r out... If u have that... U are in... ❤ But in bollywood... After doing 4 flops... They come with the same nepo kid shit...,😂😂😂😂 Thats the problem...
Bro from the Telugu industry, Akhil Akikeni and Srinivasan Bellamkonda are probably considered to be bottom of the barrel in terms of newcomers. It’s people like Vishvaksen and Siddhu Jonolagoddha who are succeeding and they didn’t have any previous connections to the industry
Nepotism is not a problem if the person is talented. I understand that children from film families naturally gravitate towards movies because that for them is ‘success’. But there are very few people who actually seem passionate about the projects they’re doing. Yes star kids should be humble and acknowledge their privileges. But i find it a bit odd when people reduce the achievements of actors who have already proven themselves (Alia, Ranbir) to nepotism and expect them to acknowledge it in every single interview. It’s frustrating. Also.. nepotism will live on. People who’re fighting against it will also do everything they can to help their kids to be a part of the industry. So they should look at it with a simple lens of: ‘Am i really passionate about the craft? Will an audience be happy after they spend Rs.500 to watch me?’ That’s it.
movie making is a collaborative effort tht takes talent from different crafts to work together to produce a product...which needs money and connections(built over years) and who better than star kids to benefit from such a system....and outsiders bitch and moan abt it and have group therapy sessions and debates on nepotism thus creating a virtue out of being a "talented" outsider with no fame or bank balance...boo hoo
@@sudheerkumar4421 but if a nepo product is like hritik roshan, rainbir kapoor nobody will have any problem man only problem occurs is when people like arjun kapoor keep on getting roles.
@@Attitudezero884 Arjun Kapoor is much better actor than Allu Arjun, Ram Charan and Jr. NTr. Just because he is from bollywood he gets bullied. Akshay gave so many flops but he got the chances and look where he is now...currently he is facing another flop streak but he is still getting movies. Actors like Ravi Teja, Pavan Kallyan make nonsense movies. Compared to them Arjun is way better collection of movies.
@@Desi__Boy lol in which world arjun kapoor is better actor than allu arjun, allu arjun from the second film itself got stardom and fan following from kerala. Don't even compare that shit to akshay kumar or ravi teja.😂😂😂😂😂 don't make fun of yourself
@@Attitudezero884 In every f*ing world Arjun Kapoor is better than Allu Arjun. Arjun Kapoors first movie Ishaqzaade itself made him eligible to be called better than that shit Allu Arjun who only has one expression and dancing abilities. Raji Teja is bigger shit than Allu. Go stick your eyes to different actors like Dulquer Salman or Fahad Fasil. Don't ever compare between actor Arjun and dancer Arjun.
Haven't seen Ananya's work but Arjun and Sara's case is really frustrating for the audience like me. And I get more disappointed by the kind of works they're getting regardless of several bad performances than their performances themselves. Why these good directors and the producers keep on choosing them instead of so many other talents who are just ready to burst is beyond my understanding 😔 like beyond!!!!!why???????
Thanks Anmol for providing a very nuanced and balanced take on nepotism encompassing all cinema industries. I see a lot of people abusing Bollywood, however they forget nepotism exists in abundance in other industries as well. In the end content matters a lot, however star kids do get the advantage of getting multiple opportunities to prove themselves...which is a sad reality existing everywhere.
Nepotism is rampant in Bollywood and Tollywood and that’s a fact. I guess the reason why Bollywood gets highlighted all the time is that you have talented actor/actresses around you but they seldom get their due. Like you said it takes a long time for some star kid to take a step back after having starred in numerous films but what about the lost opportunities for talented actors? What was a wasted opportunity for a star kid could have been a breakthrough for an outsider but they were never given the chance. While the talentless star kid retires, the talented outsider fades into oblivion and that’s the sad part.
I remember DQ talking about nepotism in one of his interviews that in Malyalam industry It's not very common.. there are not many second generation actors especially before he started his career... and even if anybody has tried they have not been very successful so they never thought their audience will guarantee you success just because you come from a certain lineage.... nobody is gonna give you opportunities if the audience doesn't accept you... whereas in Hindi & Telugu there are 3rd/4th generation actors but in Malyalam even the second generation found it difficult to make their place...they have to prove themselves over and over again to get opportunities and i think this is the reason in malyalam industry atleast i have never saw a mediocre work even if it's there it's not so much like Hindi/Telugu...i mean it's almost embarrassing to see some actors getting opportunities over & over again even though they have no talent and it's visible that it's all because they have certain power.. And you can see actors like Prithviraj, Dulquer still trying to shed that Star kid tag and still trying hard to prove that they are much more than a star kid❤️🙌
What I appreciate about actors like Dulquer, Prithviraj and Konchako Boban is that you can see the effort being placed in different characters and stories. At least in the last 5-6 years, a genuine exploration to provide something new to the audience and not a lazy approach, thinking that the fans will lap it up
@@TriedRefusedProductions The story of Kunchacko Boban is really inspiring... After playing a boy-next-door character in a slew of films, he decided to leave the industry. But he came back as a phenomenal actor through Traffic, Varnyathil Aashanka, Ramante Edenthottam, Enna Thaan Case Kodu, Ariyippu.... So goes the case for Fahadh. Dulquer came as a star kid, but due to his calibre he is now one of the Pan Indian artists from Malayalam Cinema... Also not ignoring Nivin Pauly, Antony Varghese, Basil Joseph, Tovino Thomas, Jayasurya and Dileep.... They have worked a lot on this no cap ❤
Also there's no generation of actors in every family. As much as there are actors that are connected to somebody in film industry there are more outsiders so even someone like Thilakan's son cannot even succeed compared to outsiders. When Kunchacko Boban is mentioned, well Dileep was more popular and the star when both of them started their career in 90s. Somewhere Kunchacko failed and didn't see too much of him. So nepotism in malayalam film industry isn't beneficial compared to other industries.
Malayalam industry used to be like this, but now we also have cults and star kids get more hype than they used to. Best examples are Pranav and Kalyani.
Tollywood also gives nepo kids more opportunities. Just look at akhil. Another example from Kollywood is vijay at his early stage. His first film itself was a box office bomb, but his subsequent films before raajavin paarve was directed by his father himself. So, his entry to cinema didn't mug the chance of anyone else since his father and mother themselves produced and directed the films. So, his entry to cinema didn't mug the chance of anyone else since his father and mother themselves produced and directed the films. One more thing, vikram is a cousin of yesteryear star Prasanth, who is probably well known for the lead male in tamil movie jeans, co starring aishwarya rai. Suriya himself said in many events that he wasn't enough good to act and dance in his early days and how he was proud of his brother Karthi who achieved recognition through his first film itself.
The way James talks about other languages cinema apart from Hindi Cinema is just brilliant. He should write books about Cinema and should interview more famous actors, producers and directors. For many years now several actors from OTT are giving a formidable competition nowadays to Bollywood which is GREAT.
Have you heard of forming fan associations for an actor before his first film even got released? You may think it happened in Andra or Tamil Nadu but it happened in Kerala itself where Mohanlal's son Pranav got that privilege. 😂
This is happening in the Rajkumar family too.... Yuva Rajkumar (grandson of Dr.Rajkumar and son of Raghavendra Rajkumar) is being hyped up and celebrated like a big superstar just with movie announcements. He is yet to make his debut in the movies.
Ok so whatever happened to Pranav, in any industry that nepotism actually works in their favor didn't happen for him in malayalam cinema. I feel sorry for Pranav despite his priveleges.
As Siddhant put it, the struggle between a starkid and an outside is night and day. Even the struggle of some starkid like Shahid who actually worked hard in comparison to all the likes of Sonam, Arjun, Sonakshi, Ananya ect... tells the whole story of how they don't acknowledge their privilege and constant opportunity given on a silver platter served with a gold spoon. Even their argument that audience decide eventually which talent sustain (referring to Adi Chopra comment on Uday in the Romantics) is simply astounding of arrogance as they do not care how many talents are crushed in that process unfortunately.
Just today while going through my Instagram feed I came across a video of the Archie’s gang flying to some place for their film . Every single actor in that film was a nepo kid Ofcourse with varying degrees. It’s also interesting to note that the director of the film is Zoya Akhtar , another nepo kid. What’s amusing is that her first film Lucky By chance addresses the very issue of nepotism , connections , talented outsiders being left behind due to lack of connections . Honestly , I’m ready to give star kids a chance …or two ! We do after all have Hrithik Roshan as a prime example of not to judge a book by it’s covers. What annoys me is when I see the likes of Jhanvi , Sara etc being cast in film after film with no results to show for. What baffles me is when I open Netflix or Prime , I see Abhishek Bachchan in his 75th film. These people have replaced one talented person after another over the years yet we still wonder if nepotism exists. That interview with Adivi Shesh was eye opening. Outsiders have to resort to writing their own films now. This says everything that most naysayers would never admit to.
I dont want to give an opinion here but appreciate ANMOL for compiling this and giving us the insight to other cinemas as well, Keep up the good work bro❤❤
Of course outsiders can make it big. Yash, Nani, Vijay D, Siddhu Jonnalagadda, and Adivi Sesh are all stars. However the real issue with nepotism is the opportunities given. Especially in the hindhi film industry, star kids get good scripts and commercial opportunities much easier than outsiders but that's not even the worst part. The bad part is that even when their projects are abysmal and it's clear there's a huge lack of talent they will STILL get good projects whereas outsiders have to struggle for roles.
Even though there is nepotism in Mollywood, the Malayali audience retains only those who know how to act. Eg : Dulquer salman - son of mammoty Fahad fazil - són of legendary director fazil
I feel the bashing of nepotism in bollywood is more related to politics , if bollywood shifts to noida film studios then this bashing would disappear..
American here, new to Indian cinema. I’ve only discovered your great channel. Loved this video as I’ve been exploring Kannada cinema and thinking how the 3 Shetty’s seemed different from some of the other stars, most very talented but have discovered their nepotistic advantages. So thank you for this brief but comprehensive video. On a separate topic, though the majority of your videos appear to be responding to “just released” films, i have a requested for an admittedly broad and deep topic: a survey of the different regional cinema of the past 10-20 year. I have dived into Kannada, Telugu, a touch of Malayan and Tamil …. and have yet to finish a Hindi film…but I’m diving blind most of the time. I tried looking for a survey video of the different Indian regional cinemas but the few are all just in Hindi with no subtitles. Would TRULY appreciate that from your channel as I truly appreciate your critical takes on contemporary Indian cinema ❤
There are two aspects of this process: 1. Entry: Let's get an example, How one enters into any business? One easy way is that your family owns a business and then you can enter into that business whenever you want, it doesn't matter whether you have any degree or you have just passed 10th or 12th grade. In the same way film industry is a business and they have every right to allow their kids to give easy access to this business doesn't matter if the kid has talent in acting or any other form of filmmaking. The hard way to enter into any business is open your own start-up and struggle. 2. Post Entry: Let's take an example of Ambanis, Both Mukesh and Anil Ambani inherited the same assets/businesses from their father somewhere in the early 2000s. And we all know where they are right now, Same in filmmaking one would get opportunities (in some cases more than they deserve) but it would be difficult to get success unless you're talented or work hard. After a point, it doesn't matter if you have started that business on your own or you inherited it from your family all it matters is how good you're. Everyone has the right to give their kids an easy access to the field they work hard for maybe over a couple of decades. If I am a doctor and I have a hospital, I would like my kid to become a doctor and then join my hospital.
One more important point is that nepotism doesn't just mean filmy families launching their kin, it also means the ultra rich and connected non-filmy people who hobnob with cinema glitterari and get a chance for their children. Example- Chirag Paswan (Father famous politician), Kiara advani (family friends with people like juhi chawla salman khan) etc. I'm not pointing to these 2 specifically, I just mean this category of influential yet non-filmy don't face the nepotism flack.
Never so early, so my 2 cents: we as audience need to vote with our money AND our attention. Starkids get attention on social media and that translates to movies because that makes quick money, no matter how rubbish the content. Stop following them on social media or any news gossip sites. Choose consciously to give give money and attention to talented actors work, unique film projects (and yes, if the star kid has talent, support them too). And secondly, so freaking proud of Jammy for the Extraction 2 interview. Such an intelligent and high quality session. Huge well done. (unrelated, I know, but I hope you see this!)
True that but would also like to say that even us are to be blamed,they will say nepotism all the time yet they will follow the so called same "nepokids"in social media .Just look at the fan following of Ananya ,Sara and compare that with Tripti Dimri, Radhika Apte
There is whole PR machinery work before and after they got launched. They know that people are crazy for kids who comes from movie families. Look at Taimur he is kid and media is treating him like a superstar.
Nepotism in Bollywood has always annoyed me but not as much as when Sara Ali Khan said she knew she was not talented in an interview... Well if you know then work on your craft, and go to school... rather than serving nonsense every single time hoping to learn as you go. Use your privilege to better yourself. You don't see anyone complain as much about Wamiqa or Ishaan. The other thing is the audience treats Nepotism kids like a spectator sport... The attention they get is mind-bending for people who are disliked for their privilege.
Rightly said! Nepo kids have access to big directors and producers even before they begin whereas outsiders have to earn it, that too takes an enormous amount of time to cement their feet in industry. Also, despite several absurd and failed performances, we are made to see the movies of talentless nepo kids again & again. They keep getting chances however, some of them improve to some extent in due course of time. Outsiders don't enjoy this luxury. " Jaha se inka struggle shuru hota hain, hamare sapne khatam hote hain" Was best.
No problem of being a nepo unless you prove your talent onscreen but I also demand a healthy mixture of both nepos and outsiders in hindi that all 4 south industries does. Audience literally love Dhanush, Allu Arjun,Vijay, Fahad Fassil, Ranbir Kapoor despite all are from film families but u can't deny that all of them are also immensely talented and they also proved it
While nepotism is definitely a concerning topic that we need to do a deep dive into, there is this undeniable power politics in the Indian film industries as well that we should focus on. For instance, someone like an Aishwarya Rai-who is arguably one of the most successful & popular Bollywood stars (a non-nepo kid)-was denied the opportunity to star in a few of the biggest Bollywood blockbusters because of the overpowering influence of Salman & Shahrukh Khan. It's just plain sad.
Sad marathi cinema doesn't even get mention in critique of nepotism as almost most of our industry are hardcore theatre or TV actors. Yet if such a video doesn't mention them, that explains the absolute lack of stardom or appreciation marathi cinema has. Laxmikant berde, Sachin, Ashok saraf, atul kulkarni, Jitendra joshi, Nana Patekar, Sachin Khedekar, Girish Kulkarni, Siddarth Jadhav, Sharad Kelkar, Subodh Bhave, Ameya Wagh, Siddharth Chandekar, Sanjay Narvekar, Shreyas Talpade, Bharat Jadhav, Swapnil Joshi, Upendra Limaye and i can go on and on. All mighty actors in their own right, yet have always settled for side roles in bollywood and not been able to be a so called "star" barring say nana. I don't even wanna mention the countless great actresses marathi industry or theatre has produced starting from the greatest Smita herself, but wanna sum up by saying Rohini Hattangadi has a legit BAFTA, yet couldn't make in Bollywood industry as there is literal lack of appreciation of great acting. Instead we now know her by Sasu in Chaar Divas Sasu Che a marathi soap. That's how bollywood has treated great actors. But still I am proud of this industry.
You completely missed Uday chopra😅 One of the biggest director producer son... I still believe it's all depend on audience choice.. That's why Uday failed no. of times. And whereas Audience accepted Alia bhatt with open arms bcoz of her Talent. So talent plays an important role no matter you are a star kid or outsider👍🏻
But imagine having the privelege to prove oneself for over 10 years and then taking the selfless call of maybe, IT NOT BEING FOR YOU! Who gets that kind of leeway!
I just wish young actors like tripti dimri,sidhart Gupta,wamiqa get more projects commercial space.I want to see them more rather than the younger nepo kids like Sara,janvi .I feel they are not right up to the mark like the earlier lot like saif ,abhisekh,ranbir,alia 😅
If it exists, it exists.. It exists everywhere. the only reason we speak of Bollywood or any film industry is because in this stream, it instantly results in stardom..We need to get out of this debate now because everyone now knows that nepotism is prevalent in film industry and it is on them whether they want to spend their lives chasing this dream
Nepotism is not just being born into film families. You also have to acknowledge the privilege of coming from rich and connected families. Like kiara advani’s parents are friends with half of Bollywood. Would you say her journey is similar to say kriti sanon or Richa Chadda?
For a nepo kid to get 1 or 2 chances to prove himself/herself can be considered kind of fair... But the amount of sub par movies they get before they stop getting chances is what baffles me.
This video talks about talent and this dude has that in spades, even after all this time he still manages to make a video essay about nepotism by pointing out the obvious and the noticeable without making personal attacks or favouring one film industry over others. What pointed out in this 9 minute video (thank you for nor rambling on for 20 odd mins btw unlike other YTers) are the bare facts about Nepotism and their impact on the casting choices. THATS IT!
The biggest crime I would say the entire film industry has done is they crushed a common man's dream of ever becoming an actor on the big screen. sapne dekhne se pehle hi tod diye. The sheer delusion the film makers have to make movies like the latest salman khan sulabh shauchalay aka kisi ka bhai kisi ki jaan shows how dejected the film industry and it's "Baahubalis" are from reality. This hurts and disrespects nobody but art of cinema. It really bothers me and angers me that an art form that i love so much that is hindi cinema has literally 4 good directors and Writers ki toh koi aukaat hi nahi hai bhai is industry mein.
I do agree with all the comments and also the video and I feel sad that the nepotism in Bollywood is only discussed frequently. According to me one of reasons for this is the inability of some of Nepo kid actors such as Aanaya Pandey, Arjun Kapoor, Jahnvi Kapoor and so on are not ready to innovate or understand the pulse of the audience when making and acting in films. This reduces the quality of films and is the main reason why people are disgusted with these actors. One solution I see as a Malayalam Industry fan boy which Bollywood can take note especially these Nepo kids is the need to collaborate on acting and also readiness to change challenges in roles they do and don't saturate in a certain type of roles. I see this a lot in Malayalam wherein a popular actor like Fahad Fazil or Kunjacko Boba who are Nepo products is ready to innovate, collaborate with other Nepo and outside actors.
Inheriting their wealth is their right. If you think that's nepotism, that's crazy. As for using the influence, it's business. You use everything you got to succeed.
I think the audience and media are also to be blamed. Even when they are not stars, we follow them like anything over social media. Why wouldn't filmmakers invest in them since they guarantee at-least a decent opening in their initial movies. Over a period of time of course it's only the talented star kids who survive.
If an individual wants to be an actor and belongs from a background family, obviously there is certain upperhand/opportunities like they don't have to fight/struggle so much as compared to the individuals who comes from nothing. As an audience the anger starts after this when they get opportunities after opportunities and still can hardly proof anything. This is when this gets frustrating. You proof, you stay. There are so many capable actors who have a background family yet not as much backlashed as some recent ones due to this reason. Finally you talent speaks all, but the opportunity to showcasing the talent takes more miles fro a newcomer than somebody with a background. 🌼
Nepotism is not the problem if we look at talented actors like Ranbir, Alia , Ramcharan , NTR. But still i feel genuine competition should exist . Maybe we are missing something we don't know about as the talent never gets the chance to prove himself
Nepotism in movies in a non discussion, no one wants their kid to start from Ground 0. The kids grow up in the world of their parents mostly and if they are attracted to the specific world its as natural as it can be. You need to work hard to create it for your kids. But what we need to hear is more noise on nepotism in Politics, even new laws preventing it for god sake. a Movie is hardly 3 hours of bad experience and you have a choice but Politics kills years of people's lives
To be honest I know nepotism may kill few openings for outsiders but I personally feel we as audience should love and support the actor based on what performance they deliver and not judge them on there family background( I know they have the extra support from there family and they can even effort to fail ) but imagine as a parent you would always want your child to be successful and if you have the power you may use it for your own advantage and if a star kids get a opening in industry but they don't perform well then they will be automatic thrown away from the industry as they could not sustain example Pratik Babar, Uday Chopra etc and it does take hard work to sustain in this industry even if you are a kid example Ranbir Kapoor Raveer Singh etc
Nepotism destroys real talent ...u can compare Pakistani actresses to Bollywood actresses... Bollywood stands no where because real talent and beauty in BOLLYWOOD is not given a chance...whats there is also after way too many surgeries..not natural beauty
@@nehaagrawal1903 That's completely fine. But some ppl are saying these people should not even act? I don't watch any of their films. I don't care. But this is the reality of private industries.
Being a telugu person, I respect the diversity in Tamil scripts and the actors there. There are soo many unique scripts in Tamil industry.. which speaks volumes of how the audience there has evolved. But here in telugu industry, audience are slowly evolving now after every ss rajamouli film as the bar would just be raised so high. So, new talent i.e. directors and actors even producers are slowly coming in. But as Adivi Sesh said, here 10 actors each come from 4 families. Although, nobody is interested in watching their shit faces. Nandamuri family actors are solely supported by his caste fans except NTR. NTR is a Gem !!
I would not mind some nepotism as long as the skills are there. Kareena was a great actress and worked damn hard to elevate herself. Her performance in Chameli was amazing. Same goes for Rani Mukherjee, Alia and others.
Perhaps the problem of nepotism is most deeply rooted in the Telugu film industry. Like it's actually just like having kings and subjects at this point. While Bollywood has a deep rooted nepo issue, most Telugu families are directly connected to politics as well. A new artist cannot even fathom the amount of hurdles he/she may have to cross. I realised it during the promos of RRR that it is unlike anything anywhere in the world where literally the politics is being controlled by actors. Don't get me wrong, I still like actors like Prabhas, RC, NTR, Allu but you can't deny the insanity of brainwashing that has happened there where instead of questioning the Telugu royalty the way Bollywood is questioned every day, people just succumb to Fan wars with political undertones. The fandom is not only linked to skills but also political leanings, which is insane.
Involvment of castism makes it worse in Telugu film industry. Bollywood used to be better by not involving religion and caste but the current generation of audience focuses quite a lot on religion. All because of current politics
Nepotism is a problem that exists across many industries. Bollywood has been taking the brunt of it for some reason. Whereas many other south Indian industries are getting away with it. Sure, bollywood has bigger problems to fry - bad scripts, lack of imagination etc apart from a political climate that leads to Boycott Bollywood. Coming from Hyderabad, i can vouch for how much these nepo kids were given in terms of chances (for years) and unforgiving love - which also has stemmed from caste based/demigod based fandom.
I'm glad that you're talking about nepotism in Tollywood. No one will even dare to talk due to fan wars. 90% of main actors are from Nepo background and there are at least 7 actors from Mega family. New actors struggle like anything.
To be Honest Nepotism Is That Topic Which Has No Solution We Cant Do Anything. Nepotism was There Is There And Will Always Be There. So Just Accept it And Move Ahead In Life.
Hot take: who really cares? It may sound harsh, but as a critic/viewer we should focus on the talent provided to us on screen, regardless of where they come from. As it was pointed out in the video itself, the Malayalam film industry is a fascinating example: two of the male leads of Bangalore Days were "nepo kids" (edit: sorry, wrongly included Nivin Pauly in there. Rectified! 🙏🏽) , but they were excellent and the movie was brilliant. So again, who really cares? As long as the movie and the end product is good, as VIEWERS, we should stop looking into where the actors are found. As HUMANS, I do agree it is understandable to see the empathy towards the sad situation of strugglers. But that's a separate problem in itself, and it's more a problem of the industry itself. Definitely needs to be addressed, but then it's a separate issue, and need not be included in or affecting our assessment towards movies and stars already established. Two separate problems with many layers and nuance to it. Also also, a lot of the names you mentioned, be it Ranveer Deepika or even Sanya, they all seem to have connections. Another interesting case: Bhumi was also a YRF employee, and by definition of nepotism (it isn't strictly family), she can be considered a product of nepotism. Hence my initial question: should we really care? As long as the actors, regardless of their background, do their job well, that's all that should matter to us viewers.
nepotism IS about family connections though, having work connections is a completely different thing, that’s called networking, everyone does networking if they want to advance in their career, that comes from your own effort to make connections with people in your field. So no, Bhumi is not a product of nepotism, she didn’t get the YRF casting through her family, she is an employee who rose through the ranks. we can’t just use the term nepotism so loosely because then it would just apply to anyone who makes connections in their workplace to get ahead
Nepotism is a part of society. As a father to my 3 month old, I realise why my dad who was from science wanted me to do the same. Why? So that he could share his good will that he earned through the years. Same case for lawyers and doctors and many more professions. Btw Why we dont talk about Ajay Devgn, he is also a product of the same.
What is issue if star kids get a chance first, producers have not take THEKA to promot TELENT, it is not like government telent scheam. It is entertainment buisness, one has to create their own path, no need to be complain about it. If you do startup dont complaint of struggle. Some hard FACTS : - There is nothing like outsider or insiders, it's just group of people workning togather. What would you call SRK & Aryan ? - Nobody is forcing anyone to do acting in movie, its just that movie industry is more glamorus and everybody wants to join so compitition will be hard. - You can't complain about ki mere pas telent he fir bhi muje movie me cast nai kiya etc., dude there are 1000s of others are rejected in audition everday. - You care about your talent so Can't producer care about his own money ? He is investing/risking his money in films not yours, why should he care about your telant? Would you, if you were the producers and there are 100s of options you have to cast ? Definatly one would choose less risky option. This is buisness. - At the end this is entertainment buisness, if you can entertain through any means, money/fame/producer will follow you..look at youtubers/TickTockers. - Don't complain & start working on your uniqness to showcase others.. Watch Luck by chance to understand.
At the end of the day even if nepo kids are not talented they are in limelight with millions of followers and good platforms to work.. Many underrated talented artists devote their whole life on this art and yet are known to very less of us.. What are snatching is the opportunity for these people would have done complete justice to even a poorly written roles..
As audience we also have a part in this nepotism problem everyone's been crying about. The producers knows their movie will get a better reach if star kids are involved rather than using a new face as protagonist. They know people care about what their favourite star's son or daughter is doing and cash in one that.
I'm irritated by this conversation. It is tiring. Every film family started with that one person who built from the ground up and provided a softer landing for the generations that followed. Create a parallel system to even the playing field if you don't want to be at the mercy of what exists. Is it unfair? Yes, but alot of you would do the same and possibly worse, if given the opportunity. Not every starkid is oblivious to their privilege, if not anything quite alot of them acknowledge it. I'm not a sympathiser, I just think this conversation is a waste of time. These are the pillars the industry was built on, generational dynasties. Go and start your own. You can't expect these families to not look out for their own, that would be delusional
We can put this straight by saying that our parents coming from whatever field they can.. have tried giving us all the access that they can give us... Like wise a superstar father has given everything possible to his or her child.. a star kid is a star kid because of his father's hardwork.. and even if they get access to all the director's and big banners if they don't succeed they will not get work after a certain period of time . And thats the reality take for eg Abhishek bachan he can't guarantee a superhit, Bobby deol I can't remember any of his movie being superhit on his own , Uday Chopra ,Zayed Khan ,fardeen Khan ,imran Khan .. And even in other fields Sunil gavskar's son did he succeed as a cricketer no , Stuart Binny he is the classic eg of wife being more important that his career ... Sachin's son only playing 1 game after being in the team for 2 years... And him being the mentor of the mumbai team... So it's very simple you will get access if you come from a privileged family but there will come a time where your relevance will disappear
Nepotism is fine when the actors just happen to be connected to families. As a Tamil person, Karthi, Siddharth and a lot of star kids who are actors now started off as ADs and usually worked under people like Mani Ratnam or Shankar before getting cast, and it was usually in supporting roles. I can’t think of the last time a “launch movie” did well in Tamil cinema that was designed just to launch some star kid. Vijay, STR got their starts as child actors, most others started off as supporting actors or even villains and eventually got roles as the leads a few films down the line.
I truly hate tollywood nepo actors. But i love Nani. The way he acts in everyfilm, we need to back him to see the Rajini & Kamal of telugu cinema. I feel nani is the mix of both rajini and kamal. So happy, dasara became a 100c success coz, If other actors are successful their market will increase, if nani is successful telugu cinema story telling span will increase & more good stories will come up.
In Hindi cinema it's PR who glorifies the starkid and in Malayalam industry it's the talent of actors which speaks. For 2 years, after Student of The Year,there was no film of Alia Bhatt but she was always mentioned in social media, news channels, entertainment channels, and the internet. The same goes for Sara Ali Khan, Ananya Pandey and Janvi Kapoor. I don't think they have done a decent job in a single scene. They are always on the internet. I have never seen their films and never want to. If they are in B grade semi-porn lesbian film then I will give them a chance.
At 4:42 he mentions ranveer singh and deepika padukone who both come from privileged backgrounds with the former being related to anil kapoor's family and later being the daughter of famous badminton player prakash padukone. I'm not arguing about them being products of nepotism or not. I just wanted to point out their privileged backgrounds.
How much do you feel, upon introspection, is your own movie watching choice making, about FOMO and how much is about what you really feel strongly for? After having moved to the EU, I’ve started to realise how much our movie watching choices in india are almost always about FOMO. Whereas when I visit a film festival and pick based on trailers and quality of cinema or storyline I feel I’m able to shake those FOMO choices off so much more.
*As a Telugu person, this is a problem, but a bigger problem is the selection process for female actors. If you look in to the reasons for why a director/producer/actor selected a certain heroine, you will be baffled. (Look into "Tollywood Golden Leg"). Not enough people talk about this.*
I don't understand the nepotism argument, especially since money being invested is private money. It's not as if tax-payer's money is used to fund motion cinema, that the producers are accountable for the most efficient use of the money in terms of ROI. It's not like these production companies are public limiteds with money borrowed from IPOs and shares, that the general public or shareholder can demand a fair process. It is private money - the producer takes the call. If Yash Chopra is making a movie, he has every right to attempt to launch Uday and then the audience decides whether they like him or not. This is just how the network works. The carpenter's son has easy access to wood and can learn woodwork easily. There's nothing really wrong with this. Nepotism is when this network is used at offices which run on public money - governments, municipalities, publicly traded companies, etc.
Yes nepotism is there is south film industry but people in tollywood are not like previous audience,even if the film is of big star if there is no content it will be flop, previously any big star movie it will be hit ,ram charan,allu arjun,jr ntr all carved themselves to be good actors,they too had flop films,but they changed them selves,not like Bollywood we are star kids,here they give respect to fans,if you people don't respect fans how come you will become successful...
Why do south fans call out hindi industry for nepotism, whereas their almost whole industry is nepotism😂 atleast in our hindi industry a lot of the nepokids are TALENTED
Nepotism is everywhere the only difference in the cinema world is that your in the public space open for criticism..& we don't have a problem for someone launching their kids, it's the frequent opportunities that are given to them despite having zero talent and that's adheres the experience of cinema for a cinema lover...but thanks to this new age digital world we have easy access to foreign cinema ...thus no more required to be dependent on regional cinema for good entertainment..
People are literally shocked because there are lot of star children in Telugu cinema, but you need to understand that there has always been great support for newcomers also.. all the star heroes attending pre release events of young heroes, supporting their film by tweeting about the film, trailers, teasers & even producing Films starring young heroes. That's why there isn't much hatred.
Mahesh babu produced a film starring ADIVI SESH as Major, Rana daggubati's father introduced VIJAY DEVARA KONDA by Pelli Choopulu, VISHWAK SEN by Ee nagaraniki emaindi, SRI VISHNU by Mental Madhilo, Brochevarevarura.
U could have mentioned Kalyani Priyadashan too, always felt she had way too many shortcuts, got good movies with good directors just like that, huge endorsement deals, with simply an average talent ir looks for that matter...wld have easily struggled if she was from outside of film fraternity...
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Nepotism is not about talent. It’s about misuse of influence
That used to be the case. But people are using the tag of "nepotism" to troll or bash even those star kids who have genuine talent. They cannot help that they were born into film families. People should judge them on their talent and not who their father or mother is.
One cannot really determine objectively how its done but you are right about several cases where actors have felt cornered or ignored, especially at a time where they are commercially viable and at their peak
@@bhargavipbanobody is questioning the roots of sugar babies. We are against campism, gangism and lobbyism- why was radhika madan not selected in soty 2? Why was tapsee pannu replaced with nepokid lullanya pandey in ppaw 2? Sara ali and junior shroff continue to be cast as lead in spite of shitting on the sets
Very well said
@@mayankshuklla2251 thanks
One thing I've noticed frequently is when someone points out the rampant nepotism that exists within southern film industries the fans of these stars always say that those actors have proven themselves by their acting. Whereas the point is they could prove themselves mainly because they kept on getting new movie offers even after giving flops. But for an outsider that's impossible , one flop and you'll be erased out of the industry map.
The success of the likes of Allu Arjun, Ram Charan and Junior NTR warrants respect but the years in refining the craft is also a result of their privilege!
@TriedRefusedProductions well jr. Ntr had a phase of continuous flops, but before such streak, he has already proven himself as a gifted actor, more than a star, through rakhi, adhurs, simhadri etc..
No. Ravi Teja, an outsider has given back to back flops, still he got movies. He neither reduced his fees too.
Same goes for Gopichand.
It's only in bollywood that outsiders don't get chance after flop. Even if, their roles will change to be a side character
@@Z71990that was because he was atleast relevant and was already accepted before his series of flops came in
@@Z71990 gopichand is not an outsider
Lack of good writers is a bigger problem than nepotism
and directors! There are literally 4-6 among the big commercial projects
Thats why their are soo many Remakes of hollywood and Tollywood movies
@@TriedRefusedProductions would love to add good lyricist and music producers as well
Exactly bro
Its cuz they are underpaid
4:56 As a telugu person, I completely agree with you. Tollywood is dominated by those 5 families.
For years they have been but thanks to ott and outsiders like nani vijay devarakonda adivi sesh nikhil for wisely choosing scripts and making it big lekapothe villani tokki villa scripts aa family ki istaru
@@dheeraj009.1 yes, baaga cheppav brother
@KPS..How sweet of you.. So can you tell me how did they dominate the industry?
do something about it idk why people even let this happen these people behaves like gangs, this is why india isn't developing because of nepotism in every industry.
@@lola-to9om Wow.. What an observation!!
As late Sushant singh Rajput once said that nepotism as long as it is in its own space is fine. When the privileged start forming lobbies to start bending the industry to their will, it gets toxic and hostility against newcomers would be apparent and ultimately, the independent/individual talent will bear the brunt which is the harsh truth today.
And nobody listened at that point 😞
@@sriramsakura absurd argument than what about nawajuddin Siddiqui irfan khan rajkumar rao
@@sriramsakura Caste? Depsite Sushant’s caste, he got 0 recognition for his good work from bollywood biggies. Bollywood itself is a religion for the film families like kapoors, bacchans etc
This Sushant Singh Rajput thing has been flogged to death to the point of extreme irritation. Especially as a fashionable cause.
He wasn’t a good actor either. It is time his ghost is laid to rest. RIP.
@@sriramsakura what an illogical question ? Just because he was from upper class he shouldn't have complaint about what's going wrong ? If lower caste nepo kids doesn't exist or getting media highlight then it's not his fault .
Just FYI, I wouldn't put Ranveer and Deepika as self made stars. Their families might not be directly in the industry, but had enough resources and connections to get them projects. For me, someone like Rajkumar Rao and Ayushman are much more impressive in terms of starting from nothing.🔥
Mrunal and Sanya among the girls!
@@TriedRefusedProductions But I still think Deepika has her own share of struggle she did modeling and then ventured in the acting
Not for Ranveer for sure but you cannot include DP in that conversation ! She was daughter of sports legend Prakash Padukone , still she chose a different career venture from modelling & then to acting in which she has been consistently prevelant in the industry after 15 years of hardwork , working more on her acting skills bettering herself everyday ! Yes she came from upper middle class but she was never given everything on platter ! She made herself way up through years to get where she is now !
@@sarcasticsree yes, atleast ranveer is related to someone inside the industry. One needs to understand how close-knit film industry can be and how they wouldn't give shit about Indias biggest badminton players daughter. I would be surprised if anyone in films knew who he was.
@@TriedRefusedProductions Neha Sharma as well
I am glad that outsiders like Siddhant Gupta (Jubilee), Barun Sobti (Asur), Pratik Gandhi (Scam 1992), Karan Thacker (Khakee: the Bihar Chapter) have been offered roles that make a difference. People blaming big producers and studios that they are not giving chance to outsiders must be grateful that we did not had to watch the afore-mentioned talented individuals debut in cringe commercial movies. It's just my view- considering the fact that OTT has opened the floodgates of intelligent, sensible and highly engaging writing, a talented outsider wanting to make a mark would benefit if he chooses a good script over making a flashy but forgettable theatrical debut in a mass movie!
Let me tell you that all of them have been in the Industry for more then a Decade and are getting recognition now. Prateik Gandhi has worked in numerous Gujarati movies n plays. Barun Sobti has played a lead in TV - Iss pyaar ko kya naam du. And the list is long.
@@a.k.p.4061 I agree with what you have said. But think of this entire thing this way- atleast they are getting recognition for work that matters. Imagine anyone of them had to debut in a cringe movie like Student of the Year 2 or Simbaa which launched some of the star kids, would have they gotten a chance to leave a mark?
PS- Barun Sobti was a television actor before he ventured into movies. I don't know why you have pointed him out specifically in relation to my comment. He has not been in the movie business for a long time. Also my comment was directed towards Hindi movie industry specifically. Prateik Gandhi too has ventured into the Hindi movie business fairly recently (in 2018).
The digital boom definitely has helped many talented actors come in the forefront and I think that is a genuine victory. This utopia of thinking that everyone will transition to become a bankable leading hero is rather far fetched. One can still be fully satisfied in their hermit kingdoms!
I kinda agree with you. Ott had been a blessing when it comes to story telling.
Also add Avinash Tiwari and Tripti Damri. And yes there are so many good talent in TV but they always consider them less than movies
This reminds me of Rohit Shetty saying he gave the role to Sara Ali Khan just because she came to his office asking for it 😢😅
Exactly. Just like how Kiara Advani said in an interview that she went to a party not knowing much about it and met different directors and producers there, including Karan Johar and the next day she got a call for a movie role audition. How convenient!
I think one key aspect in Malayalam (and probably Tamil) cinema is the availability of opportunities.. in Malayalam cinema, you can have a Suraj Venjaramoodu, Biju Menon, Manju Warrier etc. playing a major role in films which do very well.. also the appreciation for character actors and comedians is much more, so folks who come up from a stage background like theatre or mimicry get chances more easily. Not to mention cases where producers like a Prithviraj giving meaningful roles to a Roshan Matthew in Kuruthi, which is just one example.
Also there's no generation of actors in every family. As much as there are actors that are connected to somebody in film industry there are more outsiders so even someone like Thilakan's son cannot even succeed compared to outsiders. When Kunchacko Boban is mentioned, well Dileep was more popular and the star when both of them started their career in 90s. Somewhere Kunchacko failed and didn't see too much of him. So nepotism in malayalam film industry isn't beneficial compared to other industries.
@@Finnolakunchako boban left the industry. Apparently his wife didn't want him to act as a romantic hero. But I like Kunchako boban's acting tho. Dileep has a pattern of acting. And malayalam industry looks for talent than name. Especially now. We look for actors who fit the role
Roshan is from theater background.
But i think in malayalam FI there's a balance of outsiders and nepo actors. And i feel that as the industry itself is competing with other industries & hollywood, to bring in malayali audience, a united front exists in the industry to bring good movies other than commercial films. Word of mouth still relevant more than ever
@@Sun.Shine- yes he is from theatre background, not a nepo child. Which is why I said, it is good that even producers like Prithviraj don’t play favourites. I don’t necessarily feel the industry is competing with bolly and hollywood, and I feel one big factor is that most of the movies focus on everyday people, which means the protagonist can be a good actor, not necessarily a star kid. Massy movies where a lot of flash and promotions are required (star vehicles) had a brief stint, but don’t really work in Malayalam cinema (we watch such movies from other industries though)
U missed Sushant in ur list of self-made actors. Its his 4th death anniversary too. In his words, “Over a period of time, if we keep giving chances to people who don’t have any talent or skills, then eventually, we will create an unbalanced equation. The whole industry will collapse because the target audience is being exposed to wonderful international cinema and talent. We are yet to reach that tipping point, but we must never take the audience’s understanding and our relevance for granted.”
Even movies with good content are tanking at the BO. Why not for once question the public for its bad taste in movies! People would go watch Jug Jugg Jeeyo but they won't watch movies like Action Hero and Badhaai Do! The ball shall always remain in the court of the audience. It's we who can bring about a change. If we stop watching cringe movies, filmmakers would definitely stop making such movies and start racking their brains to bring outside the box content!
What is called Nepotism in Hindi cinema is actually just laziness of the producers to find better talent.
And what about nepotism in south?
@@manav6721didn't you see the video. South also has nepotism but talentless actors (nepo or not) get mowed down pretty quickly and only talent survives (although in Telugu industry some talentless nepo kids still keeps on making movies wasting their money and our time and energy)
Nope. They don't allow outsiders. They are not given awards, media coverage, not invited to parties. No friends made etc.. And a lot goes
@@perseusvlasov367may i know whom you're talking about?
@@kajamoiddeen Bollywood
its also important to note that there are levels of nepotism, people like shahid kapoor and vicky kaushal are from families associated with the film industry but it was not as easy for them as it was for ranbir or alia to debut and sustain in the industry, they are doing it purely by their hard work and talent
similarly ranveer's dad is super rich and has many connections in Bollywood, he even financed band baja baarat so his journey was not as hard as maybe a rajkumar
You are bang on. Also, I think its largely indicative of how their 'LAUNCH' goes! Ishq Vishk was not nearly as publicised and big as Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai. Saawariya was an EVENT vs Band Baaja being a lowkey Yash Raj gamble!
Ranveer singh cousin with Sonam how on earth he is outsider .
Ananya,jhanvi,sara,arjun, they can finish even a good script,thats how useless they are
Ranveer Singh Is the son of Sonam Kapoor's mum's cousin. But they still to date claim ji he is an outsider...he isn't. But talented yes he is
@@sarikajoshi7156Ranveer Singh is still better Actor.
In bollywood at least nepotism is questioned, outside Bollywood in other industries especially in private and public companies nobody questions nepotism.
Mentioned the same in the video. Popular media masks similar problems that exist in other industries.
Thats also because of the fandom. Nobody cares if media talks shit about the Kapoors or Roshans. But dare any media house roast an actor from film family in south, they will find crazy fan 'associations' outside their offices.
Private company hai toh obviously family member ko hi milega ....kya logic hai isma.
I will obviously give business to my kids or cousin son and so on.
Kya logic hai.
You should have complaint about government or public business where government Mp and mla son are given high post for nepotism
Yes and No. Telugu audiences out right reject if the person has no talent. but yes, it is NOT on a global scale and small talent is pushed a lot too...by big stars and producers. Hence, the nepotism is not as bad as in copywood.
@@SriSrinivasable Then why did the Telugu audience not rejected Allu Arjun and Ram Charan whose acting abilities were not as good as they are now in their ventures in the beginning???
PS- It's a fact that Tollywood is more marred by nepotism than Bollywood has ever been!
I wish you spoke about how nepotism is only driven for the male heirs in the Telugu industry and almost never the female heirs. And similarly for the other south industries too. I'm sure if there are these many talents encouraged or cultivated among the men, the women too could have a chance, but the culture is obviously patriarchal. Also, you really should make a video about how the south industries have gone from having wonderful talented actresses from their own linguistic culture to barely having any actresses speaking their own language (Esp Telugu)
That’s actually true! Why do you think that is? Is it because the stories require a dumb blonde who needs saving and falls head over heels for the alpha male lead??
Fun fact (not about nepotism): The Kerala School Kalolsavam (Arts Fest) used to provide a direct pipeline for actresses to get into the film industry. Become the state "champion" and you get noticed. That's how we got so many of the most popular actresses (it has a Wikipedia entry)
For actors, it was comedy/music/arts troupes and academies like Cochin Kalabhavan, Mimics Parade.
Sadly both these have little to no influence today.
DULY NOTED!
So in Telugu industry,there were attempts made for the females to come into the acting space like Niharika from Mega family. She initially started out as an anchor on a TV program and then came into movies,but honestly she had really bad acting skills which made all her films unsuccessful. There are other females who come from these families who work behind the cameras as producers, costumes,designers ,writers etc mostly because of not falling into the "beauty standards" of the movie going audiences
It is becoz particularly in tamil nadu ans even andhra by 1990s time film industry was seen to be evil for women so families never allowed women to come to industry which made safe passage for bombay based actress.
The problem with nepotism in the film industry, particularly Bollywood and Tollywood, is that new talents are not only denied opportunities (keep it in the family) but are sabotaged if they show promise. Kill the competition to stay relevant. Some Nepo kids are quite talented. But the vas majority of untalented nepo kids are repeatedly given starring roles with the hope that they somehow make it. This does not work in sports (although politics does) because a star sportsman cannot necessarily produce a star sportsman kid e.g. Gavaskar, Tendulkar etc.
yes and are less in the media compared to others who come from pre established film families like the kapoors or suhannas movie who is still getting films despite the poor performance in the arches
My only complain with most nepokids is please enter industry only if you have trained in acting and are willing to further improve. Choose good scripts coz you have the option to choose which outsiders don't have. See Hritik, Ranbir & Alia for example
Atleast the three names you have mentioned have great acting chops! Many outsiders are also not professionally trained in acting (i.e., they don't have acting degrees). Stalwarts like Amitabh Bachchan, SRK and many other outsiders like Ranveer Singh, Sanya Malhotra are not trained actors. None of them have studied acting. It's wrong to say that if a person is not having an acting degree them he or she should not act cause going by that measure very few (including crores of outsiders who come to Bombay to become an actor) won't be eligible to even opt for this field of career.
@@seemonjena659 atleast they should be able to act and attract the audience with their performance. And I don't consider Ranveer Singh as an outsider. He had the upper hand as his family is rich and has film connections. Also he said that his casting director friend helped him get Band Baaja Baraat
There is a dearth of good scripts and director. So not everybody is going to get great movies. So sometimes they force to choose mediocre script over waiting for good script.
Choose good scripts? They select the best of scripts and leave the rest for the others.
@@seemonjena659 Srk got trained by Barry John and he had already been in theatre in DU.. that’s how he got tv shows. What makes you think they didn’t undergo any training? Some even get trained on the job itself.
Speaking from Malayalam industry standpoint, there's no such concept as a film family like the Kapoor's or the Bachans. None of the nepo actors believe they will get multiple chances at acting just because they are nepo kids. Fahadh's first film was so bad, his father sent him abroad for his education, he came back after around 10 years later without a degree, and he got side role in the movie " tournament". After that it was all his hardwork. Same with Dulquer, his mother told him "people like your father (mamooty) due to some luck, don't expect the same good fortune to happen to you, get a good job and settle down". He went abroad for his MBA, made some short film with his friends, finally realising that acting was his passion. Vineeth Srinivasan was never considered as an actor until recently, he was known more for his singing, he acted in side roles in movies and even started directing small budget movies. It was due to him the actor Nivin Pauly was discovered. Prithviraj too has a production house where genuine people can come and pitch their ideas. There are many other examples. These actors never take the audience for granted, which is why the audience loves them.
As an audience I never noticed these actors right away for being associated within industry. They're always out of the limelight unlike in other film industries the first film and even before their first film they're hyped up due to PR. In malayalam cinema that excessive PR culture is not there and it only depends on whether their films work or not and not even their fan association contributes that much to their success. Star kid journey is no less different than outsiders in malayalam cinema too, of course the star kids have priveleges but outsiders are not affected to that extent. Big difference is also in other industries there's 3 generations of actors whereas in malayalam cinema not so much.
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you forgot to mention that mammotty promised his son that he would never make a phone call for him, that he would have to pave his own way. he didn't want his children (dulquer and his sister, sulfath) to gain any fame because of him, especially DQ, which is why he gave his son another last name. DQ himself has said that nobody in his family has the name "salman"
@@godslittlegirlhone calls are not necessary. It is well known he is Mamooty’s son and that is worth a thousand phone calls. Imagine the possibility of an outsider getting the opportunities he had got to prove himself eventually…. Not possible.
@@mr.kochappan2418bro... In mollywood... We have a lot stars other than nepo kids... If u have talent... U can be in mollywood... May be the 1st opportunity can be rewarded for being mammmooty's kid... That doest nt mean he can convince athe audience....😅 In mollywood we only look talent... If u lack that...u r out... If u have that... U are in... ❤
But in bollywood... After doing 4 flops... They come with the same nepo kid shit...,😂😂😂😂 Thats the problem...
The funniest shit is that the nepo kids don’t even realize that they’re being bashed 😂🤣
Ananya knows it
They knows it but they don't pay any heed to it.
Bro from the Telugu industry, Akhil Akikeni and Srinivasan Bellamkonda are probably considered to be bottom of the barrel in terms of newcomers. It’s people like Vishvaksen and Siddhu Jonolagoddha who are succeeding and they didn’t have any previous connections to the industry
Nepotism is not a problem if the person is talented. I understand that children from film families naturally gravitate towards movies because that for them is ‘success’. But there are very few people who actually seem passionate about the projects they’re doing.
Yes star kids should be humble and acknowledge their privileges. But i find it a bit odd when people reduce the achievements of actors who have already proven themselves (Alia, Ranbir) to nepotism and expect them to acknowledge it in every single interview. It’s frustrating.
Also.. nepotism will live on. People who’re fighting against it will also do everything they can to help their kids to be a part of the industry.
So they should look at it with a simple lens of: ‘Am i really passionate about the craft? Will an audience be happy after they spend Rs.500 to watch me?’
That’s it.
movie making is a collaborative effort tht takes talent from different crafts to work together to produce a product...which needs money and connections(built over years) and who better than star kids to benefit from such a system....and outsiders bitch and moan abt it and have group therapy sessions and debates on nepotism thus creating a virtue out of being a "talented" outsider with no fame or bank balance...boo hoo
@@sudheerkumar4421 but if a nepo product is like hritik roshan, rainbir kapoor nobody will have any problem man only problem occurs is when people like arjun kapoor keep on getting roles.
@@Attitudezero884 Arjun Kapoor is much better actor than Allu Arjun, Ram Charan and Jr. NTr. Just because he is from bollywood he gets bullied. Akshay gave so many flops but he got the chances and look where he is now...currently he is facing another flop streak but he is still getting movies. Actors like Ravi Teja, Pavan Kallyan make nonsense movies. Compared to them Arjun is way better collection of movies.
@@Desi__Boy lol in which world arjun kapoor is better actor than allu arjun, allu arjun from the second film itself got stardom and fan following from kerala. Don't even compare that shit to akshay kumar or ravi teja.😂😂😂😂😂 don't make fun of yourself
@@Attitudezero884 In every f*ing world Arjun Kapoor is better than Allu Arjun. Arjun Kapoors first movie Ishaqzaade itself made him eligible to be called better than that shit Allu Arjun who only has one expression and dancing abilities. Raji Teja is bigger shit than Allu. Go stick your eyes to different actors like Dulquer Salman or Fahad Fasil. Don't ever compare between actor Arjun and dancer Arjun.
Haven't seen Ananya's work but Arjun and Sara's case is really frustrating for the audience like me. And I get more disappointed by the kind of works they're getting regardless of several bad performances than their performances themselves. Why these good directors and the producers keep on choosing them instead of so many other talents who are just ready to burst is beyond my understanding 😔 like beyond!!!!!why???????
Same for south
@@manav6721nepo loves nepo. Jr. Ntr doing movie with jahnvi kapoor now.
@happymanthegr8156 Don't care for flops.
I care for performances.
Thanks Anmol for providing a very nuanced and balanced take on nepotism encompassing all cinema industries. I see a lot of people abusing Bollywood, however they forget nepotism exists in abundance in other industries as well. In the end content matters a lot, however star kids do get the advantage of getting multiple opportunities to prove themselves...which is a sad reality existing everywhere.
Nepotism is rampant in Bollywood and Tollywood and that’s a fact. I guess the reason why Bollywood gets highlighted all the time is that you have talented actor/actresses around you but they seldom get their due. Like you said it takes a long time for some star kid to take a step back after having starred in numerous films but what about the lost opportunities for talented actors? What was a wasted opportunity for a star kid could have been a breakthrough for an outsider but they were never given the chance. While the talentless star kid retires, the talented outsider fades into oblivion and that’s the sad part.
I remember DQ talking about nepotism in one of his interviews that in Malyalam industry It's not very common.. there are not many second generation actors especially before he started his career... and even if anybody has tried they have not been very successful so they never thought their audience will guarantee you success just because you come from a certain lineage.... nobody is gonna give you opportunities if the audience doesn't accept you... whereas in Hindi & Telugu there are 3rd/4th generation actors but in Malyalam even the second generation found it difficult to make their place...they have to prove themselves over and over again to get opportunities and i think this is the reason in malyalam industry atleast i have never saw a mediocre work even if it's there it's not so much like Hindi/Telugu...i mean it's almost embarrassing to see some actors getting opportunities over & over again even though they have no talent and it's visible that it's all because they have certain power..
And you can see actors like Prithviraj, Dulquer still trying to shed that Star kid tag and still trying hard to prove that they are much more than a star kid❤️🙌
What I appreciate about actors like Dulquer, Prithviraj and Konchako Boban is that you can see the effort being placed in different characters and stories. At least in the last 5-6 years, a genuine exploration to provide something new to the audience and not a lazy approach, thinking that the fans will lap it up
@@TriedRefusedProductions Exactly 💯
@@TriedRefusedProductions The story of Kunchacko Boban is really inspiring... After playing a boy-next-door character in a slew of films, he decided to leave the industry. But he came back as a phenomenal actor through Traffic, Varnyathil Aashanka, Ramante Edenthottam, Enna Thaan Case Kodu, Ariyippu....
So goes the case for Fahadh.
Dulquer came as a star kid, but due to his calibre he is now one of the Pan Indian artists from Malayalam Cinema...
Also not ignoring Nivin Pauly, Antony Varghese, Basil Joseph, Tovino Thomas, Jayasurya and Dileep.... They have worked a lot on this no cap ❤
Also there's no generation of actors in every family. As much as there are actors that are connected to somebody in film industry there are more outsiders so even someone like Thilakan's son cannot even succeed compared to outsiders. When Kunchacko Boban is mentioned, well Dileep was more popular and the star when both of them started their career in 90s. Somewhere Kunchacko failed and didn't see too much of him. So nepotism in malayalam film industry isn't beneficial compared to other industries.
Malayalam industry used to be like this, but now we also have cults and star kids get more hype than they used to. Best examples are Pranav and Kalyani.
Tollywood also gives nepo kids more opportunities. Just look at akhil. Another example from Kollywood is vijay at his early stage. His first film itself was a box office bomb, but his subsequent films before raajavin paarve was directed by his father himself. So, his entry to cinema didn't mug the chance of anyone else since his father and mother themselves produced and directed the films. So, his entry to cinema didn't mug the chance of anyone else since his father and mother themselves produced and directed the films. One more thing, vikram is a cousin of yesteryear star Prasanth, who is probably well known for the lead male in tamil movie jeans, co starring aishwarya rai. Suriya himself said in many events that he wasn't enough good to act and dance in his early days and how he was proud of his brother Karthi who achieved recognition through his first film itself.
you forgot about DQ
But still there are so many vijaysethupathi
Yogi Babu
Soori
Kavin
Sivakaarththikeyan etc
Vijay and Surya is entirely different
As sivakumar banned him to use his name
There are many star kids discontinued acteng
Shahid is a best eg of coming up after doing hardwork...
He hasn't got work because he was a star kid .. he got work because he did all the hardwork
Kareena Kapoor is also a good actress.
She worked very hard.
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The way James talks about other languages cinema apart from Hindi Cinema is just brilliant. He should write books about Cinema and should interview more famous actors, producers and directors. For many years now several actors from OTT are giving a formidable competition nowadays to Bollywood which is GREAT.
Have you heard of forming fan associations for an actor before his first film even got released? You may think it happened in Andra or Tamil Nadu but it happened in Kerala itself where Mohanlal's son Pranav got that privilege. 😂
Damn!
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This is happening in the Rajkumar family too.... Yuva Rajkumar (grandson of Dr.Rajkumar and son of Raghavendra Rajkumar) is being hyped up and celebrated like a big superstar just with movie announcements. He is yet to make his debut in the movies.
Ok so whatever happened to Pranav, in any industry that nepotism actually works in their favor didn't happen for him in malayalam cinema. I feel sorry for Pranav despite his priveleges.
But pranav mohanlal never came directly, he worked as assistant director and other jobs then came.
As Siddhant put it, the struggle between a starkid and an outside is night and day. Even the struggle of some starkid like Shahid who actually worked hard in comparison to all the likes of Sonam, Arjun, Sonakshi, Ananya ect... tells the whole story of how they don't acknowledge their privilege and constant opportunity given on a silver platter served with a gold spoon.
Even their argument that audience decide eventually which talent sustain (referring to Adi Chopra comment on Uday in the Romantics) is simply astounding of arrogance as they do not care how many talents are crushed in that process unfortunately.
Just today while going through my Instagram feed I came across a video of the Archie’s gang flying to some place for their film . Every single actor in that film was a nepo kid Ofcourse with varying degrees. It’s also interesting to note that the director of the film is Zoya Akhtar , another nepo kid. What’s amusing is that her first film Lucky By chance addresses the very issue of nepotism , connections , talented outsiders being left behind due to lack of connections . Honestly , I’m ready to give star kids a chance …or two ! We do after all have Hrithik Roshan as a prime example of not to judge a book by it’s covers. What annoys me is when I see the likes of Jhanvi , Sara etc being cast in film after film with no results to show for. What baffles me is when I open Netflix or Prime , I see Abhishek Bachchan in his 75th film. These people have replaced one talented person after another over the years yet we still wonder if nepotism exists. That interview with Adivi Shesh was eye opening. Outsiders have to resort to writing their own films now. This says everything that most naysayers would never admit to.
I dont want to give an opinion here but appreciate ANMOL for compiling this and giving us the insight to other cinemas as well, Keep up the good work bro❤❤
Best, detailed video about nepotism in the Indian film industry (not just bollywood). Love your content ❤
Of course outsiders can make it big. Yash, Nani, Vijay D, Siddhu Jonnalagadda, and Adivi Sesh are all stars. However the real issue with nepotism is the opportunities given. Especially in the hindhi film industry, star kids get good scripts and commercial opportunities much easier than outsiders but that's not even the worst part. The bad part is that even when their projects are abysmal and it's clear there's a huge lack of talent they will STILL get good projects whereas outsiders have to struggle for roles.
In tamil even biggest star kids have not shined if they are not worthy
Even though there is nepotism in Mollywood, the Malayali audience retains only those who know how to act.
Eg : Dulquer salman - son of mammoty
Fahad fazil - són of legendary director fazil
I feel the bashing of nepotism in bollywood is more related to politics , if bollywood shifts to noida film studios then this bashing would disappear..
American here, new to Indian cinema. I’ve only discovered your great channel. Loved this video as I’ve been exploring Kannada cinema and thinking how the 3 Shetty’s seemed different from some of the other stars, most very talented but have discovered their nepotistic advantages. So thank you for this brief but comprehensive video.
On a separate topic, though the majority of your videos appear to be responding to “just released” films, i have a requested for an admittedly broad and deep topic: a survey of the different regional cinema of the past 10-20 year. I have dived into Kannada, Telugu, a touch of Malayan and Tamil …. and have yet to finish a Hindi film…but I’m diving blind most of the time. I tried looking for a survey video of the different Indian regional cinemas but the few are all just in Hindi with no subtitles. Would TRULY appreciate that from your channel as I truly appreciate your critical takes on contemporary Indian cinema ❤
There are two aspects of this process:
1. Entry: Let's get an example, How one enters into any business? One easy way is that your family owns a business and then you can enter into that business whenever you want, it doesn't matter whether you have any degree or you have just passed 10th or 12th grade. In the same way film industry is a business and they have every right to allow their kids to give easy access to this business doesn't matter if the kid has talent in acting or any other form of filmmaking. The hard way to enter into any business is open your own start-up and struggle.
2. Post Entry: Let's take an example of Ambanis, Both Mukesh and Anil Ambani inherited the same assets/businesses from their father somewhere in the early 2000s. And we all know where they are right now, Same in filmmaking one would get opportunities (in some cases more than they deserve) but it would be difficult to get success unless you're talented or work hard. After a point, it doesn't matter if you have started that business on your own or you inherited it from your family all it matters is how good you're.
Everyone has the right to give their kids an easy access to the field they work hard for maybe over a couple of decades. If I am a doctor and I have a hospital, I would like my kid to become a doctor and then join my hospital.
Careful these people will hate on your kids next 😂
One more important point is that nepotism doesn't just mean filmy families launching their kin, it also means the ultra rich and connected non-filmy people who hobnob with cinema glitterari and get a chance for their children. Example- Chirag Paswan (Father famous politician), Kiara advani (family friends with people like juhi chawla salman khan) etc. I'm not pointing to these 2 specifically, I just mean this category of influential yet non-filmy don't face the nepotism flack.
Never so early, so my 2 cents: we as audience need to vote with our money AND our attention. Starkids get attention on social media and that translates to movies because that makes quick money, no matter how rubbish the content. Stop following them on social media or any news gossip sites. Choose consciously to give give money and attention to talented actors work, unique film projects (and yes, if the star kid has talent, support them too).
And secondly, so freaking proud of Jammy for the Extraction 2 interview. Such an intelligent and high quality session. Huge well done. (unrelated, I know, but I hope you see this!)
True that but would also like to say that even us are to be blamed,they will say nepotism all the time yet they will follow the so called same "nepokids"in social media .Just look at the fan following of Ananya ,Sara and compare that with Tripti Dimri, Radhika Apte
I don't even know why people 'follow ' such stars like bro they are gonna pop up in your feed anyway
There is whole PR machinery work before and after they got launched. They know that people are crazy for kids who comes from movie families. Look at Taimur he is kid and media is treating him like a superstar.
Nepotism in Bollywood has always annoyed me but not as much as when Sara Ali Khan said she knew she was not talented in an interview... Well if you know then work on your craft, and go to school... rather than serving nonsense every single time hoping to learn as you go. Use your privilege to better yourself. You don't see anyone complain as much about Wamiqa or Ishaan. The other thing is the audience treats Nepotism kids like a spectator sport... The attention they get is mind-bending for people who are disliked for their privilege.
Finally someone I can fully agree with
Rightly said! Nepo kids have access to big directors and producers even before they begin whereas outsiders have to earn it, that too takes an enormous amount of time to cement their feet in industry. Also, despite several absurd and failed performances, we are made to see the movies of talentless nepo kids again & again. They keep getting chances however, some of them improve to some extent in due course of time. Outsiders don't enjoy this luxury. " Jaha se inka struggle shuru hota hain, hamare sapne khatam hote hain" Was best.
No problem of being a nepo unless you prove your talent onscreen but I also demand a healthy mixture of both nepos and outsiders in hindi that all 4 south industries does.
Audience literally love Dhanush, Allu Arjun,Vijay, Fahad Fassil, Ranbir Kapoor despite all are from film families but u can't deny that all of them are also immensely talented and they also proved it
Allu Arjun,Vijay &Ranbir Kapoor does not belong near any acting neighbourhood
@HappyMantheGr81 Pure garbage actors. Behaving Blind with open eyes in Sanju. Yuck.
Lol, allu arjun and Joseph vijay acting talent is like salman khan
While nepotism is definitely a concerning topic that we need to do a deep dive into, there is this undeniable power politics in the Indian film industries as well that we should focus on. For instance, someone like an Aishwarya Rai-who is arguably one of the most successful & popular Bollywood stars (a non-nepo kid)-was denied the opportunity to star in a few of the biggest Bollywood blockbusters because of the overpowering influence of Salman & Shahrukh Khan. It's just plain sad.
Sad marathi cinema doesn't even get mention in critique of nepotism as almost most of our industry are hardcore theatre or TV actors. Yet if such a video doesn't mention them, that explains the absolute lack of stardom or appreciation marathi cinema has.
Laxmikant berde, Sachin, Ashok saraf, atul kulkarni, Jitendra joshi, Nana Patekar, Sachin Khedekar, Girish Kulkarni, Siddarth Jadhav, Sharad Kelkar, Subodh Bhave, Ameya Wagh,
Siddharth Chandekar, Sanjay Narvekar, Shreyas Talpade, Bharat Jadhav, Swapnil Joshi, Upendra Limaye and i can go on and on. All mighty actors in their own right, yet have always settled for side roles in bollywood and not been able to be a so called "star" barring say nana. I don't even wanna mention the countless great actresses marathi industry or theatre has produced starting from the greatest Smita herself, but wanna sum up by saying Rohini Hattangadi has a legit BAFTA, yet couldn't make in Bollywood industry as there is literal lack of appreciation of great acting. Instead we now know her by Sasu in Chaar Divas Sasu Che a marathi soap. That's how bollywood has treated great actors. But still I am proud of this industry.
Marathi Industry gone
You completely missed Uday chopra😅 One of the biggest director producer son... I still believe it's all depend on audience choice.. That's why Uday failed no. of times. And whereas Audience accepted Alia bhatt with open arms bcoz of her Talent. So talent plays an important role no matter you are a star kid or outsider👍🏻
But imagine having the privelege to prove oneself for over 10 years and then taking the selfless call of maybe, IT NOT BEING FOR YOU! Who gets that kind of leeway!
Uday Chopra was 2000s tiger Shroff all muscles and no expression
@@TriedRefusedProductions and that Kangana Ranaut for you!!
@@KrishanKumar-ec1ch Charas and Supari are underrated😅😅😅😅
@@TriedRefusedProductionsHarman baweja and Jacky bhagnani .. other good examples .
I just wish young actors like tripti dimri,sidhart Gupta,wamiqa get more projects commercial space.I want to see them more rather than the younger nepo kids like Sara,janvi .I feel they are not right up to the mark like the earlier lot like saif ,abhisekh,ranbir,alia 😅
Useless discussion. Nepotism will always exist not in just Bollywood but in every field.
Nepotism is everywhere.. Acting,Production,Business,Politics. It is similar to caste oppression
If it exists, it exists.. It exists everywhere. the only reason we speak of Bollywood or any film industry is because in this stream, it instantly results in stardom..We need to get out of this debate now because everyone now knows that nepotism is prevalent in film industry and it is on them whether they want to spend their lives chasing this dream
Nepotism is not just being born into film families. You also have to acknowledge the privilege of coming from rich and connected families. Like kiara advani’s parents are friends with half of Bollywood. Would you say her journey is similar to say kriti sanon or Richa Chadda?
Nepotism is Rajeev khandelwal not getting enough opportunity and Arjun Kapoor getting movies one after another
6:18 I didn't know Washington Sundar was also trying to get into Telugu film industry
For a nepo kid to get 1 or 2 chances to prove himself/herself can be considered kind of fair... But the amount of sub par movies they get before they stop getting chances is what baffles me.
This video talks about talent and this dude has that in spades, even after all this time he still manages to make a video essay about nepotism by pointing out the obvious and the noticeable without making personal attacks or favouring one film industry over others. What pointed out in this 9 minute video (thank you for nor rambling on for 20 odd mins btw unlike other YTers) are the bare facts about Nepotism and their impact on the casting choices. THATS IT!
The biggest crime I would say the entire film industry has done is they crushed a common man's dream of ever becoming an actor on the big screen. sapne dekhne se pehle hi tod diye.
The sheer delusion the film makers have to make movies like the latest salman khan sulabh shauchalay aka kisi ka bhai kisi ki jaan shows how dejected the film industry and it's "Baahubalis" are from reality.
This hurts and disrespects nobody but art of cinema.
It really bothers me and angers me that an art form that i love so much that is hindi cinema has literally 4 good directors and Writers ki toh koi aukaat hi nahi hai bhai is industry mein.
I do agree with all the comments and also the video and I feel sad that the nepotism in Bollywood is only discussed frequently. According to me one of reasons for this is the inability of some of Nepo kid actors such as Aanaya Pandey, Arjun Kapoor, Jahnvi Kapoor and so on are not ready to innovate or understand the pulse of the audience when making and acting in films. This reduces the quality of films and is the main reason why people are disgusted with these actors. One solution I see as a Malayalam Industry fan boy which Bollywood can take note especially these Nepo kids is the need to collaborate on acting and also readiness to change challenges in roles they do and don't saturate in a certain type of roles. I see this a lot in Malayalam wherein a popular actor like Fahad Fazil or Kunjacko Boba who are Nepo products is ready to innovate, collaborate with other Nepo and outside actors.
@kochikame363Bro wake up to reality ☕
*Talk about nepotism in every field & how people love taking their parents' job after their death/with their influence.* ❤
Inheriting their wealth is their right. If you think that's nepotism, that's crazy. As for using the influence, it's business. You use everything you got to succeed.
Jammy talking about nepotism is the most un-ironical thing I have seen..
Get it? 😅
I think the audience and media are also to be blamed. Even when they are not stars, we follow them like anything over social media. Why wouldn't filmmakers invest in them since they guarantee at-least a decent opening in their initial movies. Over a period of time of course it's only the talented star kids who survive.
If an individual wants to be an actor and belongs from a background family, obviously there is certain upperhand/opportunities like they don't have to fight/struggle so much as compared to the individuals who comes from nothing. As an audience the anger starts after this when they get opportunities after opportunities and still can hardly proof anything. This is when this gets frustrating. You proof, you stay. There are so many capable actors who have a background family yet not as much backlashed as some recent ones due to this reason. Finally you talent speaks all, but the opportunity to showcasing the talent takes more miles fro a newcomer than somebody with a background. 🌼
Nepotism is not the problem if we look at talented actors like Ranbir, Alia , Ramcharan , NTR.
But still i feel genuine competition should exist . Maybe we are missing something we don't know about as the talent never gets the chance to prove himself
I am surprised you didn't include Jhanvi Kapoor's pic at all! When she completes movies with just 1 expression!
I've noticed that the people who cry nepotism are the same people who won't buy a ticket to watch a talented non nepotism actor on the big screen.
Nepotism in movies in a non discussion, no one wants their kid to start from Ground 0.
The kids grow up in the world of their parents mostly and if they are attracted to the specific world its as natural as it can be. You need to work hard to create it for your kids.
But what we need to hear is more noise on nepotism in Politics, even new laws preventing it for god sake.
a Movie is hardly 3 hours of bad experience and you have a choice but Politics kills years of people's lives
To be honest I know nepotism may kill few openings for outsiders but I personally feel we as audience should love and support the actor based on what performance they deliver and not judge them on there family background( I know they have the extra support from there family and they can even effort to fail ) but imagine as a parent you would always want your child to be successful and if you have the power you may use it for your own advantage and if a star kids get a opening in industry but they don't perform well then they will be automatic thrown away from the industry as they could not sustain example Pratik Babar, Uday Chopra etc and it does take hard work to sustain in this industry even if you are a kid example Ranbir Kapoor Raveer Singh etc
Nepotism destroys real talent ...u can compare Pakistani actresses to Bollywood actresses... Bollywood stands no where because real talent and beauty in BOLLYWOOD is not given a chance...whats there is also after way too many surgeries..not natural beauty
@@nehaagrawal1903 Private industries are not answerable to anyone unlike gov jobs.
@@btsarmyforever3816 nobody is questioning private industries..People are also exercising their right of not watching them..on screen..
@@nehaagrawal1903 That's completely fine. But some ppl are saying these people should not even act? I don't watch any of their films. I don't care. But this is the reality of private industries.
Great job outline the different industries within Indian cinema
I have been watching your channel from 2 years. This is arguably one of your best video.❤
Being a telugu person, I respect the diversity in Tamil scripts and the actors there. There are soo many unique scripts in Tamil industry.. which speaks volumes of how the audience there has evolved. But here in telugu industry, audience are slowly evolving now after every ss rajamouli film as the bar would just be raised so high. So, new talent i.e. directors and actors even producers are slowly coming in. But as Adivi Sesh said, here 10 actors each come from 4 families. Although, nobody is interested in watching their shit faces. Nandamuri family actors are solely supported by his caste fans except NTR. NTR is a Gem !!
@meghanavanivageshwari.. How sweet. Bl00dy j0ker, what do you know about Tamil industry? it is the most third rate industry in India.
I would not mind some nepotism as long as the skills are there.
Kareena was a great actress and worked damn hard to elevate herself.
Her performance in Chameli was amazing.
Same goes for Rani Mukherjee, Alia and others.
Perhaps the problem of nepotism is most deeply rooted in the Telugu film industry. Like it's actually just like having kings and subjects at this point. While Bollywood has a deep rooted nepo issue, most Telugu families are directly connected to politics as well. A new artist cannot even fathom the amount of hurdles he/she may have to cross. I realised it during the promos of RRR that it is unlike anything anywhere in the world where literally the politics is being controlled by actors. Don't get me wrong, I still like actors like Prabhas, RC, NTR, Allu but you can't deny the insanity of brainwashing that has happened there where instead of questioning the Telugu royalty the way Bollywood is questioned every day, people just succumb to Fan wars with political undertones. The fandom is not only linked to skills but also political leanings, which is insane.
Involvment of castism makes it worse in Telugu film industry. Bollywood used to be better by not involving religion and caste but the current generation of audience focuses quite a lot on religion. All because of current politics
Politics is being controlled by actors?. Can you explain?
Such a valid point
Nepotism is a problem that exists across many industries. Bollywood has been taking the brunt of it for some reason. Whereas many other south Indian industries are getting away with it. Sure, bollywood has bigger problems to fry - bad scripts, lack of imagination etc apart from a political climate that leads to Boycott Bollywood. Coming from Hyderabad, i can vouch for how much these nepo kids were given in terms of chances (for years) and unforgiving love - which also has stemmed from caste based/demigod based fandom.
Difference is opportunities. However in the end person has to prove him/herself. We would all do it if we can, only a system in place can reduce it.
I'm glad that you're talking about nepotism in Tollywood. No one will even dare to talk due to fan wars. 90% of main actors are from Nepo background and there are at least 7 actors from Mega family. New actors struggle like anything.
To be Honest Nepotism Is That Topic Which Has No Solution We Cant Do Anything. Nepotism was There Is There And Will Always Be There. So Just Accept it And Move Ahead In Life.
Hot take: who really cares? It may sound harsh, but as a critic/viewer we should focus on the talent provided to us on screen, regardless of where they come from. As it was pointed out in the video itself, the Malayalam film industry is a fascinating example: two of the male leads of Bangalore Days were "nepo kids" (edit: sorry, wrongly included Nivin Pauly in there. Rectified! 🙏🏽) , but they were excellent and the movie was brilliant. So again, who really cares? As long as the movie and the end product is good, as VIEWERS, we should stop looking into where the actors are found. As HUMANS, I do agree it is understandable to see the empathy towards the sad situation of strugglers. But that's a separate problem in itself, and it's more a problem of the industry itself. Definitely needs to be addressed, but then it's a separate issue, and need not be included in or affecting our assessment towards movies and stars already established. Two separate problems with many layers and nuance to it.
Also also, a lot of the names you mentioned, be it Ranveer Deepika or even Sanya, they all seem to have connections. Another interesting case: Bhumi was also a YRF employee, and by definition of nepotism (it isn't strictly family), she can be considered a product of nepotism.
Hence my initial question: should we really care? As long as the actors, regardless of their background, do their job well, that's all that should matter to us viewers.
Dude nivin pauly isn't a nepo kid
Nivin pauly and Nazriya aren't nepo kids.
nepotism IS about family connections though, having work connections is a completely different thing, that’s called networking, everyone does networking if they want to advance in their career, that comes from your own effort to make connections with people in your field. So no, Bhumi is not a product of nepotism, she didn’t get the YRF casting through her family, she is an employee who rose through the ranks. we can’t just use the term nepotism so loosely because then it would just apply to anyone who makes connections in their workplace to get ahead
@@baibhav2624 Thanks! Rectified it! 🙏🏽
@@kajamoiddeen Thanks! Rectified it! 🙏🏽
Nepotism is a part of society. As a father to my 3 month old, I realise why my dad who was from science wanted me to do the same. Why? So that he could share his good will that he earned through the years. Same case for lawyers and doctors and many more professions. Btw Why we dont talk about Ajay Devgn, he is also a product of the same.
What if ur father using his connections got u access to ur dream college where ur were not capable to get in on your own. That’s nepotism
@@cyke1234 wouldnt you do the same for your kid? It is part of parenting, we view it from a different dimension and call it nepotism
What is issue if star kids get a chance first, producers have not take THEKA to promot TELENT, it is not like government telent scheam.
It is entertainment buisness, one has to create their own path, no need to be complain about it. If you do startup dont complaint of struggle.
Some hard FACTS :
- There is nothing like outsider or insiders, it's just group of people workning togather. What would you call SRK & Aryan ?
- Nobody is forcing anyone to do acting in movie, its just that movie industry is more glamorus and everybody wants to join so compitition will be hard.
- You can't complain about ki mere pas telent he fir bhi muje movie me cast nai kiya etc., dude there are 1000s of others are rejected in audition everday.
- You care about your talent so Can't producer care about his own money ? He is investing/risking his money in films not yours, why should he care about your telant? Would you, if you were the producers and there are 100s of options you have to cast ? Definatly one would choose less risky option. This is buisness.
- At the end this is entertainment buisness, if you can entertain through any means, money/fame/producer will follow you..look at youtubers/TickTockers.
- Don't complain & start working on your uniqness to showcase others.. Watch Luck by chance to understand.
At the end of the day even if nepo kids are not talented they are in limelight with millions of followers and good platforms to work..
Many underrated talented artists devote their whole life on this art and yet are known to very less of us..
What are snatching is the opportunity for these people would have done complete justice to even a poorly written roles..
As audience we also have a part in this nepotism problem everyone's been crying about. The producers knows their movie will get a better reach if star kids are involved rather than using a new face as protagonist. They know people care about what their favourite star's son or daughter is doing and cash in one that.
I'm irritated by this conversation. It is tiring. Every film family started with that one person who built from the ground up and provided a softer landing for the generations that followed. Create a parallel system to even the playing field if you don't want to be at the mercy of what exists. Is it unfair? Yes, but alot of you would do the same and possibly worse, if given the opportunity. Not every starkid is oblivious to their privilege, if not anything quite alot of them acknowledge it. I'm not a sympathiser, I just think this conversation is a waste of time. These are the pillars the industry was built on, generational dynasties. Go and start your own. You can't expect these families to not look out for their own, that would be delusional
We can put this straight by saying that our parents coming from whatever field they can.. have tried giving us all the access that they can give us...
Like wise a superstar father has given everything possible to his or her child.. a star kid is a star kid because of his father's hardwork.. and even if they get access to all the director's and big banners if they don't succeed they will not get work after a certain period of time . And thats the reality take for eg Abhishek bachan he can't guarantee a superhit, Bobby deol I can't remember any of his movie being superhit on his own , Uday Chopra ,Zayed Khan ,fardeen Khan ,imran Khan ..
And even in other fields Sunil gavskar's son did he succeed as a cricketer no , Stuart Binny he is the classic eg of wife being more important that his career ... Sachin's son only playing 1 game after being in the team for 2 years... And him being the mentor of the mumbai team... So it's very simple you will get access if you come from a privileged family but there will come a time where your relevance will disappear
'Mount Rushmore of Indian Cinema...' now that's a metaphor for the ages.
Nepotism is fine when the actors just happen to be connected to families. As a Tamil person, Karthi, Siddharth and a lot of star kids who are actors now started off as ADs and usually worked under people like Mani Ratnam or Shankar before getting cast, and it was usually in supporting roles. I can’t think of the last time a “launch movie” did well in Tamil cinema that was designed just to launch some star kid. Vijay, STR got their starts as child actors, most others started off as supporting actors or even villains and eventually got roles as the leads a few films down the line.
I truly hate tollywood nepo actors. But i love Nani. The way he acts in everyfilm, we need to back him to see the Rajini & Kamal of telugu cinema. I feel nani is the mix of both rajini and kamal. So happy, dasara became a 100c success coz, If other actors are successful their market will increase, if nani is successful telugu cinema story telling span will increase & more good stories will come up.
In Hindi cinema it's PR who glorifies the starkid and in Malayalam industry it's the talent of actors which speaks.
For 2 years, after Student of The Year,there was no film of Alia Bhatt but she was always mentioned in social media, news channels, entertainment channels, and the internet.
The same goes for Sara Ali Khan, Ananya Pandey and Janvi Kapoor. I don't think they have done a decent job in a single scene. They are always on the internet.
I have never seen their films and never want to. If they are in B grade semi-porn lesbian film then I will give them a chance.
pehle tu karle act bgrade movie main then i have no problem
At 4:42 he mentions ranveer singh and deepika padukone who both come from privileged backgrounds with the former being related to anil kapoor's family and later being the daughter of famous badminton player prakash padukone. I'm not arguing about them being products of nepotism or not. I just wanted to point out their privileged backgrounds.
How much do you feel, upon introspection, is your own movie watching choice making, about FOMO and how much is about what you really feel strongly for? After having moved to the EU, I’ve started to realise how much our movie watching choices in india are almost always about FOMO. Whereas when I visit a film festival and pick based on trailers and quality of cinema or storyline I feel I’m able to shake those FOMO choices off so much more.
*As a Telugu person, this is a problem, but a bigger problem is the selection process for female actors. If you look in to the reasons for why a director/producer/actor selected a certain heroine, you will be baffled. (Look into "Tollywood Golden Leg"). Not enough people talk about this.*
I don't understand the nepotism argument, especially since money being invested is private money. It's not as if tax-payer's money is used to fund motion cinema, that the producers are accountable for the most efficient use of the money in terms of ROI. It's not like these production companies are public limiteds with money borrowed from IPOs and shares, that the general public or shareholder can demand a fair process. It is private money - the producer takes the call.
If Yash Chopra is making a movie, he has every right to attempt to launch Uday and then the audience decides whether they like him or not.
This is just how the network works. The carpenter's son has easy access to wood and can learn woodwork easily. There's nothing really wrong with this.
Nepotism is when this network is used at offices which run on public money - governments, municipalities, publicly traded companies, etc.
Finally someone with common sense 👍
U forgot Outsiders like
Naveen Polishetty(Telugu) - Jaathirathnalu
Siddu Jonnalagadda(Telugu) - DJ Tillu
Pradeep Ranganathan(Tamil) - Love Today
Yes nepotism is there is south film industry but people in tollywood are not like previous audience,even if the film is of big star if there is no content it will be flop, previously any big star movie it will be hit ,ram charan,allu arjun,jr ntr all carved themselves to be good actors,they too had flop films,but they changed them selves,not like Bollywood we are star kids,here they give respect to fans,if you people don't respect fans how come you will become successful...
Why do south fans call out hindi industry for nepotism, whereas their almost whole industry is nepotism😂 atleast in our hindi industry a lot of the nepokids are TALENTED
So you mean to say actors like prabhas NTR ramcharan allu arjun Dhanush dulquer Salman etc who are nepo kids are not talented?
@@sivateja4942 Dhanush is exception. 3, Aadukalam, Asuran , Vaathi etc all are really good.
Rest all, yeah obviously😂
It’s easy in Bollywood ,Telugu industry is very difficult
Nepotism is everywhere the only difference in the cinema world is that your in the public space open for criticism..& we don't have a problem for someone launching their kids, it's the frequent opportunities that are given to them despite having zero talent and that's adheres the experience of cinema for a cinema lover...but thanks to this new age digital world we have easy access to foreign cinema ...thus no more required to be dependent on regional cinema for good entertainment..
People are literally shocked because there are lot of star children in Telugu cinema, but you need to understand that there has always been great support for newcomers also.. all the star heroes attending pre release events of young heroes, supporting their film by tweeting about the film, trailers, teasers & even producing Films starring young heroes. That's why there isn't much hatred.
Mahesh babu produced a film starring ADIVI SESH as Major, Rana daggubati's father introduced VIJAY DEVARA KONDA by Pelli Choopulu, VISHWAK SEN by Ee nagaraniki emaindi, SRI VISHNU by Mental Madhilo, Brochevarevarura.
Even NAVIN POLISHETTY's JAATHIRATNALU is promoted by Prabhas, Mahesh babu and Allu arjun.
U could have mentioned Kalyani Priyadashan too, always felt she had way too many shortcuts, got good movies with good directors just like that, huge endorsement deals, with simply an average talent ir looks for that matter...wld have easily struggled if she was from outside of film fraternity...
Nepotism the real harsh truth of Indian society.... Not only Indian cinema.
What about janvi kapoor and sara ali khan why they r not in thumbnail