Nawazuddin Siddiqui says wrong to say outsiders don’t get work, ‘we can’t say we are getting step-motherly treatment

For the longest time, there has been an ongoing nepotism debate in the industry, kick-started by actor Kangana Ranaut, who said star children get preferential treatment in Bollywood.Nawazuddin Siddiqui, however, does not agree.

Most people believe that outsiders do not get their due in Bollywood, or atleast take a lot of time to get their due but actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has said that he finds it unfair when people say that only star kids get work in the film industry as he believes if one has talent, work will eventually follow.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui at the book launch of an author Neeta Shah, in Mumbai, on April 30. (IANS)

For the longest time, there has been an ongoing nepotism debate in the industry, kick-started by actor Kangana Ranaut, who said star children get preferential treatment in Bollywood.

When asked if he feels people from non-film family background find it harder to make it, Nawazuddin told reporters, “The good thing about the industry is that if you have the talent, then sooner or later people see it. “It isn’t that any person walking on the street can say they are not getting work. It takes time. If you have it on you, no one can stop you.” The actor said today there are lots of avenues for people to show their talent, including the digital medium.

Interestingly, it took Nawazuddin Siddiqui eight years to get a recognition in the form of critical appreciation for Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday and another 4-5 years before he could be recognised as an actor producers would like to bank their money upon.

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