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SUCCESS, FAILURE DETERMINED CAN’T BE BY NEPOTISM
Joining the bandwagon of celebs, who are voicing their opinion on nepotism and favouritism in showbiz, is Tamannaah Bhatia, who calls herself an outsider and says, “Coming from Mumbai, when I started doing Tamil and Telugu films, I neither knew the languages nor did I know anyone in the industry.”
And though the actor, 30, feels that nepotism is there in every field, she says it “cannot determine your success or failure”. “My family has a lot of doctors, and if I had taken up the profession, they would have guided me. Tomorrow, if my child wants to become an actor, I would do the same. That’s how it works… (But) there are so many actors who made it big without a film background. Look at Shah Rukh Khan. He’s a legend… In the present generation, actors like Ayushmann Khurrana and Kartik Aaryan have also made it on their own.”
Sharing how struggle shaped her as an individual and a performer, she says, “When my Hindi films didn’t work, I got a film like Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) that changed things for me. Along with talent and hard work, one needs to have the temperament right for longevity. So, I did take a few chances in my career, whether they worked or not, wasn’t in my hands. But I’m happy.”
With some Tamil and Telugu films and web projects in her kitty, Bhatia is raring to get back to work. But she feels film shoots will only begin by the year end as “films need more people in the background, unlike TV or web”.