Star sons like me are spoilt brats: Sahani
It is difficult for star sons to replicate the success of their fathers as they are handed everything on a platter rather than go through the grind, says Parikshit Sahani, son of the late Bollywood legend, Balraj Sahni.
The actor, who launched his book The NonConformist: Memories of my Father Balraj Sahni, said he belongs in the category of “spoilt brats”. “The simple reason why no star sons made it as big as their fathers in the industry is that they didn’t go through the grind. Sunil Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra... just look at their backbreaking journeys. Or read my father’s autobiography and see what a hell of grind he went through in his journey. That is what made them.” the actor said. Star sons, on the other hand, had access to best of the schools and colleges, he said.“We were spoilt brats,” Parikshit said during a conversation with actor Deepti Naval at the event.
The 75-year-old actor said he did not have the kind of passion for acting his father had. This is why he never blamed anyone for not giving m good roles. On comparisons between e two, Parikshit said, “As ey say in English, ‘All omparisons are odious’.” The actor said he found uccess early in his career ith hit movies like Anokhi aat (1968) and Pavitra Paapi 970) but felt at home with e profession only when he arted doing “character les”. Many of his famous haracter roles came to him ecause actors like Amitabh achchan, Dharmendra ecommended his name to irectors and successfully ursued them to give the role to him.
“Amitabh is responsible for getting me good roles. He always canvassed for me and said ‘Balraj ji ka beta hai isko le lo’. Same was the case with Dharamendra. The role that I did in Kala Patthar was supposed to be done by Dharam ji. (But) he asked me to do it,” he said.