Shriya Pilgaonkar opens up on nepotism: 'I don't operate from place of entitlement'

Actor Shriya Pilgaonkar recently spoke about nepotism furore on social media and revealed that she never came into industry as a star, despite being born to famous TV and movie actors. In an interview with Hindustan Times, Shriya Pilgaonkar remarked she doesn’t operate from a place of entitlement, which is why she was rejected several projects when she kickstarted her journey into movie business. More so, Shriya confessed that she was never on magazine covers and didn’t have that kind of journey, which star kids usually do.

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'People don't throw nepotism at me'

Shriya furr explained that this is why people don’t throw that 'nepotism' word at her because y have seen her journey. However, in her interview, Shriya Pilgaonkar also voiced her opinion in support of star kids and opined that audience is a huge factor in deciding who becomes a star or t. More so, actor said that one should t force star kids to feel apologetic about being born in a film family, however, actor also added that a star kid also should t feel entitled.

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Furrmore, Shriya Pilgaonkar opined that film industry has nurtured many wonderful actors and remarked that talent gets its due. Shriya Pilgaonkar is daughter of prominent TV and movie actors, Sachin Pilgaonkar and Supriya Pilgaonkar. Sachin has directed many movies in his career, most successful ones being- Aayatya Gharat Gharoba and Aamhi Sathpute. On or hand, Supriya has been a part of nearly 38 projects. In 2019, actor also produced a movie, named Ashi Hi Ashiqui. Currently, Supriya is gearing up for Borivali Ka Bruce Lee.

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Shriya on work front

Shriya is currently gearing up for her next Kaadan. Starring  Shriya Pilgaonkar, Rana Daggubati and Pulkit Samrat in leading roles, movie is reportedly based on real-life events of conservation of elephants. Directed by Prabu Solomon, much-anticipated film is scheduled to be released on January 15, 2021. Reportedly, movie was delayed from its initial release of April 2, 2020, due to  COVID-19 pandemic in India. movie also stars Vishnu Vishal and Zoya Hussain in prominent roles.

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