Hansal Mehta clarifies 'nepotistic academy' remark after Oscar invites Alia & Hrithik

Actor Alia Bhatt, Hrithik Roshan, and many more received invitations to join Acemy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). In a statement on Tuesday, Acemy said new invitees include 36 per cent of people of colour and 45 per cent women. Artistes from 68 countries have been invited as members and those who accept invitation will have voting rights at 93rd Acemy Awards, scheduled to be held on April 25, 2021.

Reacting to this 'sarcastically', director Hansal Mehta in response to one of users wrote, 'Nepotistic Acemy' which was later reported saying he 'slammed' Acemy's decision. 'Omerta' director later clarified that he wrote that in 'sarcasm'. He wrote, "I used words 'nepotistic acemy' in sarcasm. word nepotism has been misused to settle personal scores and to discredit so many talents. Nepotism exists but to link it to every inequality is a reductive and lazy way to look at power dynamics." [sic]

Hansal Mehta slams Netflix for disrespecting content-makers, calls out credit skip feature

death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has sparked a huge debate about how outsiders find Bollywood a difficult place to survive whereas insiders and star children flourish. Director Hansal Mehta spoke about debate and gave an example of his son who 'got a step in door' because of him was trolled on Twitter.

Clarifying his stance, Mehta on Wednesday wrote a mess for all trolls on his handle and said that he has come up 'hard way' and his son doesn't depend on him inste he depends on him. Mehta furr wrote, 'Like I depend on Rajkummar Rao', or or artists who began ir careers with Mehta. He wrote, "I take pride in ir success. I love m. Like I love my kids. Like I love my friends." [sic]

A user wrote, "We protest against your son getting first step first break so easily. Well begun is half done," and to this, Mehta wrote, "Go ahe. It's your right." [sic]

Hansal Mehta ponders on 'colour bias' in cameras, cites struggle for 'international look'