Published 12:22 IST, July 8th 2020

Soni Razdan slams netizen who accused Mahesh Bhatt of nepotism, says 'do your homework'

Actor Soni Razdan stepped in to defend Mahesh Bhatt after a netizen called him the 'flagbearer' of nepotism and asked them to do their homework before speaking.

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After Alia Bhatt, far and director Mahesh Bhatt has w been dragged in  nepotism debate following Sushant Singh Rajput's death and is facing flak for same. Actor Soni Razdan joined debate as well and stepped in to defend her husband. She slammed a netizen who called Mahesh ' flagbearer' of nepotism in Hindi film industry. 

Soni Razdan defends Mahesh Bhatt by slamming a netizen

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In response to one of Soni Razdan's tweets, a netizen said that real issue is of nepotism and said that Mahesh Bhatt is flagbearer for it. Razdan responded by saying that y are ill-informed on matter and added that Mahesh Bhatt has given more breaks to newcomers than any or director in industry. She furr said that re was a time when he refused to work with stars and n was called out for t working with m. Razdan urged netizen to do ir homework first and n speak on matter. 

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Soni Razdan joined writer Apurva Asrani and Maj Bajpayee's discussion on selectively calling out journalists. Razdan said that she is more bored by fact that real issue of mental health and depression is being 'obfuscated by sound and fury'. She stressed that depression does t need a reason to 'engulf a person' and can hit anyone regardless of ir success and money. 

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veteran actor joined nepotism debate when director Hansal Mehta took to his social media and called for a broadening on nepotism debate. He stressed that his son would get through door of industry because of him but would ultimately have to make his own career. Soni Razdan responded to him and said that expectations of people are higher when one comes from a Bollywood family. 

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nepotism debate reignited after news of Sushant Singh Rajput's death with many of actor's fans claiming that he was sidelined by some big names in  industry. Many prominent celebrities like Alia Bhatt, Sonam Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, and more have been on receiving end of trolling amid debate.  heavy backlash that celebrities are facing has also taken a toll on ir social media following with count dropping down by a significant number. Many celebrities have also limited comments on ir social media posts due to hate comments y have been receiving.  

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12:22 IST, July 8th 2020