The Romantics: Aditya Chopra On Brother Uday - "We Could Not Make Him A Star"
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Despite coming from a filmmaking family, actor Uday Chopra failed to connect with the audience
Despite coming from a filmmaking family, actor Uday Chopra failed to connect with the audience. He made his acting debut in his brother Aditya Chopra's directorial 'Mohabbatein' in 2000. The film was a hit, and Uday's acting skills were appreciated. However, his real struggle started post-'Mohabbatein'.
He featured in a couple of films like 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai', the 'Dhoom' franchise and 'Neal 'n' Nikki' but failed to leave an impression on the audience's minds. And now, in Netflix's recent docu-series 'The Romantics', Aditya talks about nepotism and why Uday Chopra couldn't go far in his acting career.
He said, "My brother is an actor, and he's not very successful. He is the son of one of the biggest filmmakers. He's the brother of a very big filmmaker. Imagine a company like YRF, which has probably launched the most newcomers, and we could not make him a star. Why could we not do it for our own?
Because the bottom line is, only an audience will decide, 'I like this person. I want to see this person'. No one else can decide that."Following this, Uday opened up about his career. "When Dhoom happened, I was still trying to be a mainstream actor. I should have taken Ali as an example and done roles like that," Uday said.
