There is no systematic process of auditions in India: Divyanka
In a world tormented by a pandemic, having healthy conversations around mental health becomes all the more pertinent. And in such times, actor Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya feels it is important to stop pointing fingers at someone else’s mental health, especially without establishing facts.
Actors, Dahiya says, have been bearing the brunt of baseless allegations for the longest time, adding that it is the families which get affected the most. “Careers barbaad ho jaate hain, friends chhod dete hain,” she rues. And with the advent of social media, a celebrity’s life is open to public scrutiny, too. “Earlier, if somebody had anything negative to say about anyone, it would not be for the public to dissect. But now, it happens between hundreds and lakhs of people,” she says, adding that unless she is an authority on a subject, she would not comment on it.
As discussions on nepotism and groupism in the industry continue to gather steam with each passing day, Dahiya says it is important to understand different viewpoints. “Kahin na kahin, movements like these are important. When #MeToo happened, a lot of stories came to the fore, and people would think before making an indecent proposal now. Likewise, for nepotism, I am not saying it’s not there. Even a business house would give preference to its own kin. But what happens is outsiders like me end up giving pseudo auditions. Casting ends up happening within the circle of casting directors. There is no systematic process of auditions in India,” she says.
Dahiya, however, asserts that being a star kid is not easy. “They have own struggles, because they have an image attached to them and there is a certain expectation. They are gauged on those parameters,” she concludes