There’s nepotism in the industry, no two ways about it: Tamannaah Bhatia

However, the actor states that nepotism exists in every profession and that this cannot be the reason for someone to not do well in life

For actor Tamannaah Bhatia, lockdown has been a “chance to be at home for so long in the last 15 years”. However, she says that it was all good in the first month. “There was a time in the middle where certain days were great, and some were just okay. The third month is like I miss work I want to go to work,” she laughs.

Tamannaah Bhatia

In the last two weeks, some of the filmmakers have opened their offices and are functional with 10% staff as per government guidelines. So, is she looking forward to shoots to begin in the coming months? “I think it will take a couple months more for things to get back to regular shooting. Especially in the bigger films where you need a lot of people in the background. I don’t see anything starting off immediately,” says Bhatia.

Bhatia has always expressed her opinion in public about any issue. Ask her about nepotism in the industry, and she says, “Nepotism is there in the industry and there are no two things about it. But it is there in every profession. I am not from the film industry, and I had no godfather when I started. I should be honest; I didn’t know anything about the south Indian film industry when I started. For me, what stood out was just merit and talent. This cannot be the reason for not doing well in life. A lot of the recent crop of actors like Kartik Aaryan and Ayushmann Khurrana have had their own journey. They are shining are because people like them. Everyone might have a different journey, but then if their work is good, people will like them.”