Rishabh Suri and Nikita Deb

Nepotism and favouritism — these two words refuse to fade from the public domain when it comes to Bollywood. The former, especially, is the current hot word too, social media being abuzz with talk of how contacts and not talent come into play for films. And singer Sonu Nigam dropped one more bomb in his recent video, claiming that this happens in the music industry as well, and newcomer singers don’t get enough chances.

Is that the case? We spoke to a spectrum of musicians, and while some agreed that favouritism is indeed allpervading, others felt that talent trumps all.