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

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

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

Recently, Rahul Bhat also came out in support of Alia Bhatt amid the nepotism debate. The Ugly film actor had earlier made headlines for clarifying that he was not her half-brother Rahul Bhatt, as netizens tagged him to vent out at the Highway star.

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

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

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

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

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