Sonam Kapoor on nepotism: Saying that Karan Johar endorses nepotism is bull****

The debate over Kangana Ranaut’s nepotism comment on Karan Johar is never-ending. Almost every celeb until now has spoken up on the term and its relevance in the industry, in detail. Amongst them was actress Sonam Kapoor too, who was quizzed about the same in March, but back then, she was oblivious of the situation as she was travelling and didn’t really open up on the issue. Now, in an interview with a Bollywood Life, the actress opened up on nepotism like never before.

Sonam said, “People have to make money at the end of the day. First of all, saying Karan Johar endorses nepotism is bull****! That’s a ridiculous comment and let’s just say that I am really entertained by Kangana Ranaut (laughs). I read every interview of hers. I don’t know anybody who speaks like that. And whatever… she has an opinion, dude! That’s her opinion and I may not agree with it, but I think Karan gives a lot of opportunities to a lot of people and to accuse him of that is unfair. But I believe nepotism does exist in the world in general.” (Also Read: CONFIRMED! Kareena Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Veerey Di Wedding’ to go on floors in August)

She further goes on to give her own example about her debut movie with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Says Sonam, “Sanjay Leela Bhansali didn’t even know who I was when he cast me for ‘Saawariya’. I went to meet him, he thought I was pretty and I was cast because of the way I looked. He had no idea that I was Anil Kapoor’s daughter. When he did, he was like ‘Oh sh*t!’ For three months, he worked as an assistant director (1942 A Love Story) with my dad, who traumatised him and he was like ‘Anil is going to kill me!’ Salman didn’t want to work with me in ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’, because he thought ‘Main Anil Kapoor ki beti ke saath kaise romance karoonga? Yeh toh mera dost hai.’ It was the other way around with me (laughs). I was like, ‘Karan Johar endorses nepotism? Why hasn’t he worked with me after ‘I Hate Luv Storys’? I haven’t worked with him for seven years.”

She sums it up by saying, “There are two sides to everything. When you get accused of nepotism, all the hard work that you have put into this industry is taken away from you. It’s rubbish. Alia Bhatt is an investment and Karan Johar is investing more in his investment. When she makes money, he makes money. That is the bottom line.”

Point noted.

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