The argument that audience love is why Alia is #1 is flawed. The issue here that has arisen post sushant death isnt one of audience love, cuz he got plenty of that. Audience has liked this dude, from Pavitra Rishta days,and one of the biggest reasons he made it so far. but The issue rather it’s how nepotism propels some , and doesn’t give others their due (after good body of work) from the people of their own fraternity , to the extent of making them feel less than. Maybe it doesn’t bother some, but it seemingly bothered sushant.
Alia wasn’t the first choice for Highway, dear zindagi, maybe even raazi. Kjo, who clearly is her mentor, pulls strings and gets her in. She is given all opportunity to shine. Wasn’t her role in RRR also negotiated as part of some production/ distribution deal?
sushant debuts with a kai po Che, follows up with a shudh desi romance, doesn’t even get a Filmfare debut award. Guess who won? Dhanush. Lmao. I could be wrong, but didn’t varun get debut awards for SOTY?
Varun gets nominated under Filmfare best actor critics for October. Sushant doesn’t after sonichirya and chichore
I am sure there are more examples, but some that just came to mind.
Then there are the damning blinds, false me too allegations, etc. Which other mainstream actor with sushants body of work comparatively, has had to go thru that?
I don’t care that people didn’t like sushants personality, or thought he was a weirdo. But, there is clearly bias against what BW consider their own. Manoj, sukhander kher spoke about this. This ultimately furthers the mediocre end products they put out, and then likes of Kjo, Preeti( junglee pictures), Sid Roy Kapur come and whine at roundtables about how Hindi movie industry is ‘dying’ and they have to do better. Lol, to do better, you have to be better.
Edited by TakingAStand2 - 5 years ago
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