Pooja Bedi On Nepotism Debate In Bollywood: There's Equal Opportunity For Everyone In Industry
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oi-Madhuri V
By Filmibeat Desk
Karan
Johar's
upcoming
production
Dostana
2
recently
hit
the
news
when
it
was
revealed
that
Kartik
Aaryan
has
been
dropped
out
of
the
film.
The
makers
of
the
film
made
an
official
announcement
about
recasting
for
the
project
which
was
to
star
the
Sonu
Ke
Titu
Ki
Sweety
actor
alongside
Janhvi
Kapoor
and
Lakshya.
Post
Kartik's
exit
from
Dostana
2,
various
speculations
started
doing
the
rounds
in
the
media
about
Kartik's
ouster
from
the
project.
While
some
netizens
blamed
it
on
nepotism,
others
hinted
at
Kartik's
ugly
fallout
with
his
co-star
Janhvi.
Amid
all
this,
Pooja
Bedi
while
speaking
with
a
leading
tabloid,
talked
about
the
nepotism
debate
in
Bollywood.
Citing
examples
of
outsiders
who
made
it
big
in
the
industry,
she
said
that
an
actor's
career
boils
down
to
'destiny,
potential,
and
talent.'
ETimes
quoted
Pooja
as
saying,
"I'll
say
that
there's
equal
opportunity
for
everyone.
We
have
Preity
Zinta,
Sushmita
Sen,
Aishwarya
Rai,
Madhuri
Dixit,
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
so
many
other
people
who
have
come
into
the
industry
with
no
background
and
become
icons.
At
the
same
time,
we
have
people
who've
been
part
of
the
industry,
and
yet
fizzled
out.
Kumar
Gaurav
made
a
great
debut
with
'Love
Story,'
but
his
career
didn't
take
off.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
it
is
about
your
effort,
destiny,
potential,
and
talent."
Pooja
also
talked
about
how
she
and
her
daughter
Alaya
F
too,
auditioned
for
their
roles
in
Masaba
Masaba
and
Jawaani
Jaaneman
respectively,
adding
that
being
privileged
doesn't
mean
that
they
will
get
cast
because
they
are
somebody's
child.
"Everybody
works
hard
in
the
industry;
it's
a
given.
I
think
today,
things
are
far
more
transparent
than
they
ever
were.
You
have
to
go
and
audition,
my
daughter
knows
how
many
auditions
she
had
to
go
for,
and
how
many
rejections
she
faced
before
she
was
actually
accepted
into
films.
She
got
it
all
on
her
own
merit.
You
can
throw
the
argument
of
nepotism
perhaps
if
people
have
used
their
pull.
I
have
to
audition
to
get
a
role
in
Masaba
Masaba.
The
outside
world
can
see
it
as
an
entitlement
but
that's
because
they
choose
to
see
it
like
that.
People
are
envious
of
people
who
have
a
certain
privilege.
And
yes,
of
course,
we
are
privileged,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
anybody
will
cast
someone
because
there's
somebody's
child.
A
lot
of
outsiders
are
being
given
those
opportunities,
and
I
think
it's
fantastic,"
the
Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sikandar
actress
told
the
daily.
In
the
same
interview,
Pooja
also
mentioned
that
it's
unfair
to
accuse
people
of
nepotism
because
it
results
into
celebrity
bashing
and
trolling.
Coming
back
to
Dostana
2,
the
makers
are
yet
to
announce
the
name
of
the
actor
who
would
be
replacing
Kartik
in
the
film.