Soni Razdan VS The Internet: Topic Of Debate - Nepotism

Veteran actress Soni Razdan is the mother of Bollywood superstar Ali Bhatt

In recent years, nepotism has emerged as a topic of widespread debate and discussion in Bollywood. While many  "outsiders" have expressed their concerns of being shortchanged due to nepotism, star kids often find themselves defending their "privilege". Now, with three star kids -- Agastya Nanda [Amitabh Bachchan's grandson], Suhana Khan [Shah Rukh Khan's daughter] and Khushi Kapoor [late Sridevi's daughter] -- having made their debut in the Netflix film The Archies last week, the nepotism debate has come under the spotlight once more. Notably, celebrated copywriter Freddy Birdy recently shared a note on the topic on his Instagram timeline. In his post, Freddy Birdy wrote, “The people who moan on and on, on social media about nepotism are people whose parents had careers they would want to stay a million miles away from.” Veteran actress Soni Razdan, who is also the mother of the Bollywood actress-producer Alia Bhatt, seconded his opinion while reacting to the post. Following Soni's endorsement of the post, numerous individuals responded with their objections to nepotism. Without holding back, Soni addressed each comment with detailed responses. Let's take you through the contents of the comment thread, one by one.

First, reacting to the post Soni Razdan wrote, “Does a child have first right of refusal to a parent's profession ? Dentists children never seem to get any flack for becoming dentists… also I totally get the feeling. I was an outsider too trying to break in. Wisest words I ever heard were - the world doesn't owe you a living. If you can't deal with what it entails find another profession,” accompanied by wink, smile, and shrugging shoulders emoji.

Questioning Soni Razdan's dentist analogy, one user wrote, “Only if he is a decent dentist. If he / she makes your gum terribly sore in just teeth cleaning I don't think he will get repeat customers. I have seen nepo dentist not doing so well but terrible nepo actors do get REPEATED a lot more.”