Remember the time when Forbes featured makeup czarina Kylie Jenner as the youngest “self-made” billionaire? They got schooled by Dictionary.com on the very definition of the word self-made because Kylie comes from a rich and famous family. And her fortune was amassed with their help. Looks like history has repeated itself, this time in our very own Tinseltown, Bollywood.
Recently actress Ananya Panday shared a photo of herself, Suhana Khan and Shanaya Kapoor captioning it ‘Charlie’s Angels’ with a hashtag #FamilyPortrait. The picture was clicked by King Khan himself.
IIFA decided to retweet this photo but in hailing the daughters of Chunky Pandey, Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Kapoor as the “next generation of divas”, they opened up a debate on partiality and bias in the industry.
The next generation of divas is ready to take on the world! pic.twitter.com/MPebI6h7kp
— IIFA (@IIFA) July 7, 2019
Ananya has worked on one movie named Student of the Year 2, Suhana was the face of Vogue Magazine in August 2018Â and Shanaya is yet to set foot in B-town. Which is why netizens cried foul and asked IIFA to put an end to their premature celebrations and allow the star kids to showcase their talents to the world.
Desi Twitter was having none of it. Their response to the tweet was as savage as it comes.
Nepotism on full display. What a shame
— MrBabuBhaiya (@MrBabuBhaiyaji) July 8, 2019
— Kamelia (Kammy) 🇮🇳 (@Kamleia) July 7, 2019
— Ashu (@lightlo4) July 8, 2019
50 shades of nepotisaaam 😪😪😪😪🖕
— ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ (@Adizamybaee) July 7, 2019
We (audience) will make sure talents like @battatawada, Anjali Patil, @AahanaKumra , @biditabag , @RasikaDugal and many such deserving actors get their places.
Times have changed. Talent will rule, not these 'names' 🤚
— Amit Jena (@amitjenareturns) July 8, 2019
Ms Nepotism Panday , Ms Nepotism khan and Ms Nepotism Kapoor typical Bollywood
— Prasanth (@adcfbp5) July 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/kanganaholic/status/1147928887948480512
Take on the world? They should take some acting classes first.
— AnkurJ (@monsternaath) July 8, 2019
So you declared that they are next generation divas just by knowing their maiden names!!!
— Sarika Sivadasan (@Sarikakarat) July 7, 2019
Is this page too handled by Karan Johar ??
— Surabhi Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 (@Surabhi92) July 8, 2019
We wish all 3 of them all the very best in their chosen careers but at the same time will hold on to our praise until we’ve seen their work, don’t you agree? Because talent is king.