Pooja Bhatt speaks on nepotism: My family has launched most newcomers in the industry.
Pooja Bhatt’s next film Sadak 2 is slated to release on the OTT platform and she did not hold back when asked about the raging nepotism debate.
After Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide on June 14, the nepotism debate was reignited with many actors and writers calling out the movie-mafia In Bollywood. People across various social media platforms showed their displeasure towards the Bhatt family of directors-producers, Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt along with actor Alia Bhatt.
This has led to widespread criticism of Pooja Bhatt’s upcoming film, Sadak 2, which is produced by her uncle Mukesh Bhatt, directed by her father, Mahesh Bhatt, and features Alia Bhatt, he sister. The film which will release on Disney+Hotstar is rated 98 percent on the Nepometer which also stars Aditya Roy Kapoor, who is also judged as a product born out of the nepotism system.
Actor-Filmmaker did not hold back towards the criticism and lashed out at the haters by saying that her father’s production house, Vishesh Films, has launched more outsiders than the whole industry combined. In a series of tweets, Pooja Bhatt said,” As someone who hails from a ‘family’ that has launched more new talent- actors, musicians & technicians, than the entire film industry combined. I can only laugh. Facts don’t find takers. Fiction does. There was a time when the Bhatts were accused of having something against established actors & made to feel inferior for only working with/ launching newcomers & not chasing stars. And now the same people play the nepotism card? Google and tweet guys & won’t even say think & speak.”
Pooja Bhatt also mentioned Kangana Ranaut, who has been quite vocal against the movie-mafia and nepotism in the industry, and said she was cast in the film produced by Vishesh Films only because of her talent. Pooja acknowledged the fact that Anurag Basu discovered Kangana, but it was her father’s company that backed his vision and choice of actors with full support.
