Zeeshan Ayyub Talks About How Industry Lies To Outsiders, Makes Fake Promises

A lot has been said about nepotism and the existing hierarchies of the Hindi film industry in the past few weeks. It’s been quite the eye-opener, really. To think about how several talents have been sidelined due to lack of a ‘family name’ and mediocrity being celebrated instead is indeed disturbing.

However, actor Zeeshan Ayyub recently widened the discussion and shed light into more such problems. According to the Hindustan Times, the actor who played notable roles in films like Ranjhanaa and Tanu Weds Manu 2, opened up about how there is a larger problem at play.

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“The whole nepotism debate is making the real issue very insignificant. There’s a much bigger problem and that’s when you’re lied to. You’re told that you have this projection and sometimes you’re promised a poster, too. The makers sell you the character like it’s the poster character and one of the main leads (in the film) but while shooting, it becomes a side character.”

He added how during film promotions, everyone gets so busy that no one has the time to fight.

“At the time of the promotions, nobody cares about that fight. Actors who have work don’t have the time to fight. We think that who’ll fight now about a poster or why the name isn’t where it was promised to be during the credits.”

He added:

“Except a few, in almost all the films I was told I’d be in the poster and all that, but eventually, I saw what happened. Such things also change the perspective of the audiences towards you.

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Weighing in on the insider-outsider debate, he claimed how people are taking advantage of an actor’s demise to further their personal agendas.

“Kuch log toh bas apna personal papad sek rahe hai. I feel so bad that a colleague has died and people are playing games on it. There’s so much negativity around it. You must realise that if, at this point, you’re slamming someone, then automatically Sushant’s name will also get embroiled. It’s very ugly.”

We hope that the entertainment industry uses this time as an opportunity to reflect how discriminatory they have been towards talented outsiders and rectify their treatment of them.