Zayed Khan on nepotism row: What’s wrong if you are using your influence?

Actor Zayed Khan says that everyone who has achieved any success in Bollywood has, in turn, helped their loved ones get ahead — and he sees nothing surprising or negative in that.

Actor Zayed Khan, who was in Delhi to attend his friend designer Manav Gangwani’s fashion show, shared his thoughts on the on-going nepotism debate in Bollywood, and also spoke about his television debut.

Actor Zayed Khan was in Delhi to attend his designer friend Manav Gangwani’s fashion show. (HT Photo/ Raajessh Kashyap)

About nepotism in Bollywood, the 37-year-old actor said, “Isn’t everybody nepotistic? Hasn’t everybody coming up [in this industry] used their influence to help their loved ones or keep their loved ones in a better position? It is merely human nature. Let’s not blow things out of proportion. We’re a free enterprise. It’s survival of the fittest. Nepotism is a new word that has fascinated everybody. Buckle up, dust yourself off, and move forward,” he says.

Zayed, who made is Bollywood debut in the film Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne in 2003 is the son of actor Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan. Coming from a family, who has been into showbiz for the longest time, it came as a surprise that the actor accepted the prevalence of nepotism in the industry.