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Sargun Mehta on Nepotism in Bollywood: Good roles never come to outsiders
Sargun Mehta has acted in hit shows like 12/24 Karol Bagh and Phulwa, however, she didn't act in any Bollywood film yet. In an interview, she said that outsiders don't get good roles.
Sargun Mehta has a successful Television career. However, unlike other TV actors, she didn't do any Bollywood films.
In an interview with Hindustan Times, the actor opened up about the reason why she didn't take up any Bollywood films yet.
When asked if it has anything to with the Nepotism debate, Sargun answered, "I have always had two versions of it. First one is, the good roles never come to us [outsiders], we are not even auditioned for them, because they are already taken away."
"You will have to really look in the past few years to see how many outsiders made it easily, or coming up in numbers more. Basically, everyone around is a star-kid. But then there are people like Nushrat Bharucha and Kartik Aaryan, who are making it. However, look at how they made it. Their films weren’t big-budget ones, or they weren’t invested in, or ‘launched’. They were the ones who made it, just because, like a chance," says the actor.
She called Nepotism over-hyped. Sargun Mehta states, "Say, my father runs a business, and today my brother is running it for him. There are people who have worked with him for 30 years, but today, my brother is the boss. That’s not fair, but that’s what parents do, and that’s what a legacy is supposed to be. Why would somebody work hard for 30 years if they can’t give it to their kids? Nepotism, I feel, sometimes is a little over-hyped and sometimes very true."
