Mahesh Bhatt didn't summon gods for Alia's performances, says Rahul Bhat amid nepotism row

Nepotism has been one of major discussions in Bollywood since Kangana Ranaut’s comments on Koffee with Karan. However, debate got a fresh lease of life in wake of Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise, as celebrities and netizens vented out about late actor allegedly being ‘ousted’ from films and ‘boycotted.’ One of those to be at end of vicious trolling has been Alia Bhat.

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actor even had to turn off her comments on social media amid abusive messs that artists from film families have been subjected to. Numerous celebrities of film industry like Milap Zaveri, Anubhav Sinha, Amit Trivedi have also slammed debate and also harassment of stars.

Recently, Rahul Bhat also came out in support of Alia Bhatt amid nepotism debate. Ugly film actor had earlier made headlines for clarifying that he was t her half-bror Rahul Bhatt, as netizens tagged him to vent out at Highway star.

On Wednesday, Rahul hailed Alia for her performances in films like Gully Boy, Udta Punjab and Raazi. Daasdev star stated that just because her far was Mahesh Bhatt, veteran director had t ‘summoned Gods' to help her deliver such acts. 

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He stated that re were many star kids who ‘could never make it’, because at end of day it was all about ‘walking path alone’ and ‘destiny.’

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Earlier, Rahul had stated that calling Alia a ‘product of nepotism’ was ‘harming entire debate’ as she was ‘brilliant,gifted actor’ and being ‘capable of carrying a film on her shoulders.’ actor stated that it was t anyone’s fault that someone is born in a star’s family, but getting excited for a star kid and creating a market for m was problem. He also fumed at trolls for ir opinion on nepotism and blamed m for making films' successes.

Earlier, claiming that he refused to pay for interviews, he also suggested that re should be a cap on th promotion costs, only n re would be a fairground for everyone.

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