Are Indian Audiences Really Done With Star-Kids and Their Movies?

Sushant Singh Rajput’s death and it’s aftermath has resulted into a number of major discussions and debates in and about the Hindi film industry.

The questions that weren’t being thought about before, are being put out on public forums – as people seem willing to challenge and change the system, which has often been alleged of corruption, bias and prejudice.

As the nepotism-related angle continues to be associated with the actor’s untimely demise, people online are vowing to not watch or support anything related to those actors, who have a family-background in showbiz, which has directly or indirectly helped them in their spot in the world of Indian cinema and perhaps, has taken away the same opportunity from someone who might have deserved it more.



Established Hindi film stars like Manoj Bajpayee, Kangana Ranaut, Ranveer Shoray, Raveena Tandon have also stepped forward to speak on the subject, with startling statements referencing their own personal experiences in showbiz.

The repulsion to such ‘star-kids’ has reached such level, that even Karan Johar and his Dharma Productions were alleged to have taken their name out of all the promotional posters and media spots, for their upcoming film – ‘Gunjan Saxena’.

Starring Sridevi and Boney Kapoor’s daughter Jahnvi Kapoor in the lead, netizens have been quick to call out the producers of the Sharan Sharma-directed film, for casting the 23 year old in the lead.

Similarly, upcoming movies like Sadak 2, Brahmastra – are being met with advance backlash, due to their lead cast – which features, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor.

So have Indian audiences finally gotten to the point where they’re not going to support any movies featuring kids of established Hindi film actors or influencers?

With movies like ‘Dil Bechara’ and ‘Lootcase’ – which are not backed-up by such heavyweights of Bollywood, doing incredibly well on streaming platforms, the next couple of months might determine the overall fate of the Hindi film industry.



With hundreds of crores invested on young stars with filmy backgrounds, would producers be faced to take a U-turn if they don’t get the desired returns on the movies – if the audiences continue to boycott the same?

The intensifying pledge, that a lot of netizens seem to have taken – hints at a major inevitable change, in the way we see movies – the first real outcome of which might be seen later this month, as Alia Bhatt’s much-talked-about, ‘Sadak 2’ releases on streaming platforms.

The online campaigns that have begun even before the release of the film, do give us a hint:

Which side of the debate are you on?

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