Bollywood has forever been hounded by the nepotism debate. A recent post by influencer Freddy Birdy on the subject read, “The people who moan on-and-on on social media about nepotism are people whose parents had careers they would want to stay a million miles away from.” Reacting to the post, Soni Razdan commented, “Does a child have first right of refusal to a parent’s profession? Dentists’ children never seem to get any flack for becoming dentists… also, I totally get the feeling. I was an outsider too trying to break in. Wisest words I ever heard were – the world doesn’t owe you a living. If you can’t deal with what it entails, find another profession.” Interestingly, this subject is addressed at a time when Zoya Akhtar-helmed ‘The Archies’ launched three star-kids, namely, Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor and Agastya Nanda, into the industry.
