Originally posted by: RaniPreityAish
That's true but Kajol's family, to much knowledge, didn't have much influence by the 90s. I saw the Simi Garewal interview with Rani where Simi talks about how the Mukherjee family is the most prestigious in Bollywood and was considered the most talented in the industry. Rani explained that all this was true but only many generations ago and by the time she was born, she had already missed the family's prime. Their family didn't have that level of prestige by then so she never saw those days Simi spoke of when the Mukherjees were at the top. And Rani was very poor and the family's sole breadwinner which is why she was pushed into acting because she wasn't interested otherwise.
A similar story with Karishma since Randhir Kapoor was an alcoholic and separated from Babita. Karishma was pushed into films because the family needed a breadwinner. On top of that, there was much backlash by male members of their family since they didn't believe Kapoor women should act onscreen. Karishma in particular was considered an ugly duckling in the industry when she debuted and for many years until her makeover in Raja Hindustani. Also, her dancing was considered a bit out there for the time so she was considered loose by Indian standards.
With Kajol, she was not considered a conventional beauty because of how dusky she was. There was a lot of media attention to her lack of fairness and how Bollywood hadn't had a dark heroine like her in so long, but it was this that helped her stand apart once she proved she could act. I don't think she's ugly because she has great features, just needed some grooming.
You're comparing Deepika and Vidya who both debuted in the late 2000s to 90s heroines when 90s heroines all lacked grooming from the beginning. That had nothing to do with these actresses having film family backgrounds and being allowed to look unattractive on screen and still be given chances but more just how the industry worked back then. Grooming didn't really become a thing until the 2000s. Look at Sridevi and Rekha. Sridevi came from the South where nobody thought of her appearance but in Bollywood, she was considered fat and taunted by the media and audience. Remember they called her thunder thighs. Rekha had to get a complete makeover transformation because she was considered ugly in Bollywood for many years. She looks unrecognizable if you compare her look in the 80s to how she debuted. This was simply how the times worked for all heroines back then. Deepika and Vidya cannot be compared because their era is different and has nothing to do with film or lack of film background.
Also you say that no outsider would get a launch like Kajol, well her debut film was Bekhudi. She worked with SRK when he was still an outsider and not super popular. Baazigar was I think her second film and that was what became a blockbuster and launched her and SRK's careers. She didn't work with Aamir until Ishq and Fanaa many years later. So it's not like Kajol was launched and working with established stars from day one. She had to prove it too.
In 1990s most debuted with new comers
Bekhudi had kamal sadhana who was a producers son not some outsider guy hes big producers son
Her second move bazigaar was by venus movies jain brothers who had produced ashiqui a block buster and was bazigaar written by mahesh bhat brother robin bhat
Her third movie yeh dillagi with yash chopra
You really think an outsider can get such good banners and movies without looks or dancing or talent
Why those ppl never casted a juhi chawla or divya bharati (who both had big hits and were upcoming super stars) both outsiders both much more talented why only kajol was taken in these movies its obviously nepotism or favoritism towards an yester year actress daughter nothing else. Kajol was given chance after chance which she never really would be given as an outsider to become a super star because she was shobhana samarth grand daughter and tanuja daughter not because shes a great actress
You really think they saw her talent and took than you do not know whats nepotism
But at same time SRK was not given those chances in deewana he was side hero to rishi kapoor coming at interval on screen and in bazigaar he was a killer role which no hero was willing to do than and in darr he was again stalker. He never got a decent positive main lead in his starting movies as hes an outsider
SRK was forced to take risk by playing stalker and killer etc which other heroes never wanted roles and than only DDLJ happened
With kajol its off she was given heroine roles again and again at cost of other talented outsiders and finally on her own will she did negative in Gupt after 7 years of debut
Here i would not tell of kajol alone karishma, raveena and many others came up same way not by talent but nepotism opportunity's and improved after 5 plus years
Shlpa Shetty had better role and acted better than kajol in baziaagr why was she not given a DDLJ?
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