Apurva Asrani slams Karan & Co for their nepotism jibe

Trio Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan and Saif Ali Khan took potshots at Kangana Ranaut for her anti-nepotism comments at an award function. That has not gone down well with many in the Mumbai film industry.

Writer and editor filmmaker Apurva Asrani, who had lately taken on Kangana as well as director Hansal Mehta for creative trespassing, feels that Karan and his band of boys have created an unnecessary sympathy wave for Kangana with their irresponsible actions.

Apurva says, “It was a silly, immature gag, and it was poorly written. If they intended it as a jibe at themselves, they failed to communicate that. I am against nepotism and unfair privilege, but I also think we are all guilty of it, across sectors. Sadly, it’s the system and not the doing of a few.”

Apurva feels nepotism is not peculiar to the Bollywood fraternity. “We all need to look within and understand how we are all nepotistic. Aren’t some actors employing family members to manage them when qualified management agencies exist outside?” reasons Apurva, probably referring to Salman Khan, who has sacked his professional manager to let his family take care of his career and finances.

Not that Apurva is complaining. “Are we not promoting our siblings who want to be actors, writers? Giving sifarish for friends to get jobs? Are we not trusting our children to work in the family business when better-qualified people exist outside? All this is nepotism. First, let’s fix that before we take the moral high ground.” Apurva has the final word. “Let’s hire better people to write comedy gags!”