Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has opened the can of Bollywood’s dirty politics. A section of Bollywood celebs opened up about the ‘toxic nepotism’, ‘favouritism’, ‘power play’ of movie mafia in the film industry that are affecting the mental health of young actors.
We spoke to Adhyayan Summan on the debate and conspiracy theories that are currently going on post-Sushant’s death. Adhyayan said, “Power dynamics and groupism are there in the industry since years. It happened with me too. My 14 films were shelved and the box-office collection of my films were projected wrongly. People haven’t paid attention to this earlier. It’s very unfortunate that we required a Sushant Singh Rajput to commit suicide for people to realise. I am pretty sure that there might be some pressure as well even if it’s a suicide and not a murder. Because I understand the bigger you get here, they put the pressure on you and no one knows what their intentions are behind all these. It is very difficult to trust anybody in our industry.”
Talking about the ‘nepotism’ debate, Adhyayan said that it is everywhere. “People who are blindly fighting or talking about nepotism, I would like to say ‘Don’t fight on nepotism but fight for groupism, camps that exist in the industry and the production houses that don’t allow talented actors in the industry’,” said Adhyayan.
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He also said, “Ye industry kisi star kids ki mohtaz nahi hain. It’s a business proposition. If you are not No. 1 in the business, you are of no use. In this movie mafia, there are also outsiders who are manipulating so that new talent can’t come in the industry” adding, “People are blaming the star kids which is not right. I am also a star kid but still am struggling and haven’t done a big banner film. People troll me saying that my dad has given me films. Where are these films?”
You can watch the full interview below and if you want to listen to the above quotes start from 4:25
On the work front, Adhyayan will be seen in a web series that is releasing in August. He is playing a rockstar on the show. Also, he is soon going to make an announcement of his new album ‘Safar’.
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