Alia Bhatt’s mother Soni Razdan has recently reacted to a viral post by Freddy Birdy, which has garnered a lot of attention on Instagram. “The people who moan on and on social media about nepotism are people whose parents had careers they would want to stay a million miles away from.” She has shared a series of comments on a viral post about nepotism She reacted to netizens’ comments and shared her take on nepotism, revealing how star kids have a lot of pressure on them.
Soni Razdan says dentist’s children don’t face flak for becoming dentists
Reacting to Freddy Birdy’s Instagram post, Soni Razdan wrote, “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.”
A netizen reacted to Soni Razdan’s comment and wrote that while ‘nepo dentists’ who aren’t decent will not get repeated customers, ‘terrible nepo actors’ get repeated a lot more. To this, Soni replied, “It’s you who decide. No like… no see … it’s done and dusted. No more movies. (Unless daddy is funding your movie again and again that’s a different story and not at all about getting preferential casting ops) so it’s basically the same everywhere. You might get a foot in the door but that door has to have a very good reason to open.”
Soni Razdan says Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Janhvi, Ananya Panday are all talented
One netizen asked if Soni Razdan believes Ananya Panday, Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor and other ‘nepo kids’ are talented. To this, Soni Razdan replied, “I think they are all talented people! And so are many others. And thank god for OTT platforms now. So many more roles have opened up for so many more actors. In my youth it was just the films. Not even TV to start with. Can you imagine ! Almost impossible to land a role.”