Following late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, a huge debate on nepotism opening up in Bollywood. A lot of celebrities came up with their own perspectives on the issue, and the latest to join the list is actress Richa Chadha.
She penned down a long 4,000-word blog post, talking not only about nepotism but also mental health and some cherished moments she’d shared with Sushant as an “old friend.” She also called out certain filmmakers who had posted condolence messages a month ago, as per a report in HT.
She took to her social media accounts to share the link:-
अलविदा दोस्त…
Please read only if you are serious about change… with malice to none and love to all ! ❣ https://t.co/dTWBlyjpin.— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) July 16, 2020
She started off by talking about the “food-chain” nature of the industry saying, “It is being said that the industry seems to be divided between ‘insiders’ and ‘outsiders’? In my opinion, the Hindi film industry and it’s entire eco-system is only divided between kind and unkind people.” She continues, “People are scoundrels when they know they can get away with it. Those who are anguished today have themselves been cruel to their subordinates.”
“There are insiders who can be kind and generous, and outsiders who are punitive egomaniacs. In the nascent phase of my career, I was often ‘cut to size’ by outsiders,” she wrote.
Talking about the nature of their acting professions, she didn’t mince any words and explained, “It is a deeply isolating profession, wherein success and failure are both public and bring their share of dilemmas. Ours is a business where personal life is invariably affected by public life.”
Further talking about nepotism, she opined, “As for nepotism, it just makes me laugh out loud in real life. I don’t hate “star kids”. Why are we expected to? If someone’s father is a star, they are born into that household the same as we are to our folks. Are you ashamed of your parents? Is it right to expect someone else to be ashamed of their parents/families/legacy? This is a hateful and nonsense argument.”
Finally, she shared her theatre day memories with Sushant Singh Rajput saying, “Sushant and I started out by workshopping together in a theatre group. I was sharing a 700 sq ft apartment in Andheri West with a friend from Delhi. Sushant would pick me up on his bike and we would head to the rehearsal, for which I was grateful.”
And in the end, she concluded by calling out people “blaming ‘the privileged’ for a man’s death or calling for actresses to be raped.” She continues, “I am surprised by our collective lack of dismay or shock at how low we have stooped in our discourse. The social media timelines of the deceased actor’s friends and girlfriend are littered with filth!”
She also slammed certain filmmakers who had posted condolence messages for Sushant saying that they are the ones who “have run down movies of their peers pre-release, have replaced actresses who refused to sleep with them at the last minute and several have in fact repeatedly forecasted ‘iska kuch nahi hoga’.”
Actress Sonam Kapoor applauded her blog post and shared it on her Instagram stories as well, to which Richa responded:-
You can read the entire blog here. What do you think of Richa’s stance?
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