Published 18:30 IST, July 2nd 2020
Anubhav Sinha loses his cool at nepotism controversy, Milap Zaveri blasts 'Nepometer'
Anubhav Sinha lost his cool at the nepotism controversy and vented out on Twitter. Milap Zaveri blasted 'Nepometer' and asserted that only 'talent wins'
The movement against nepotism in the wake of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has not gone well with a section of the film industry. Pooja Bhatt, Tanujj Garg were among the stars who had taken a dig at ‘idle outsiders’ as the ‘movement’ gained ground. Now, some of the directors of the film industry too vented out in no uncertain terms.
Anubhav Sinha did not mince his words in calling the nepotism debate something that made him ‘puke.’ The Mulk filmmaker called it something that ‘needs to be scavenged’ to find semblance to ‘hard facts.’ The director also called to ‘stop covering up’ amid the controversy.
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Milap Zaveri too vented out on Twitter. The Satyamev Jayate director started by expressing his disgust at the ‘Nepometer’, that has allegedly been started by Sushant Singh Rajput’s brother-in-law, and gave the score on the basis of how many celebrities were from film families.
The director reacted to the 98 per cent score by nepometer for Sadak 2. Milap called it ‘absolutely ridiculous’ and asserting that the stars had given hits as he called the nepotism debate as a ‘joke’.
He also called the nepotism topic as ‘opportunistic hatred’ and termed it ‘hogwash and vindictive.' Milap asserted that ‘only talent’ wins as he stated he delivered hits as a writer-director and no one denied him work for not being from a film family.
He also defended Bollywood’s ‘groupism’, stating it was natural for ‘like minded people to gravitate towards each other’. However, he stated that no one would work with someone only because they were part of their group, and that they’ll take the decisions based on success.
The Marjaavan director also named the Khans, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and others as stars, and credited their success for the love from audiences, irrespective of whether they were from the industry or outsiders. He also defended the likes of Arjun Kapoor and Ananya Panday, when netizens took their names over nepotism.
Meanwhile, the star kids are currently expressing their displeasure over the abuse being directed at them. Sonam K Ahuja fumed at the hatred and turned her comments off. Sonakshi Sinha even quit Twitter, citing abuse, while many others have also turned their comments section off.
Updated 18:30 IST, July 2nd 2020