'Bigg Boss 14' - 'People survive on audience's love, talent, hard work': Salman Khan schools Rahul Vaidya on 'nepotism'

During the Bigg Boss 14 Weekend Ka Vaar episode held on Saturday, Salman Khan schooled Rahul Vaidya over his nepotism remark on Jaan Kumar Sanu. For the uninitiated, Rahul nominated Jaan by saying he hates 'nepotism'. Jaan, who is Kumar Sanu's son had also told the Indian Idol singer that his parents got separated when he was a child. Now, Salman explained the whole concept of nepotism by giving several examples and lent support to Jaan.

Salman questioned Jaan about who paid for his school fees, singing classes fees, first gift and more. He asked, "Who worked for your singing talent?" Salman further shared why love and care of parents are given the tag of nepotism. He quizzed, "If your parents do not care for you and give you things, should they do so for their neighbours’ kids?"

 

 

 

 

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 on Nov 1, 2020 at 1:58am PST

In a monologue, Salman went on to say, "Will I give my property to someone else, is it possible? Tell me, Rahul, do you like Sanjay Dutt? His father Dutt Sahab (Sunil Dutt) launched him but that film did not work as much as Love Story (another film that released around the same time and did well at the box office but the lead stars could not last in the industry for long) did. But Sanju Baba continues to rule. Did Raj Kapoor do wrong in launching Rishi Kapoor? Was Dharmendra wrong in launching Sunny Deol? They launched their own kid and also launched so many other kids. This new word, nepotism, I did not know its meaning and discovered recently that it is nepotism if you promote someone related to you or offer work to them. But in this (film) industry, it is not possible to survive like that. People only survive on the audience’s love, talent, and hard work."

He added, "Many big stars tried to launch their kids and invested a lot of money but not only did they lose money, but their offices have also been shut down due to the losses. That happened because the audience did not accept their kids as stars and rejected them. Ajay Devgn is like a brother. Shah Rukh Khan, Akki (Akshay Kumar) had no one in the industry but have been ruling for the past 30 years because of their hard work. Even Jackie Shroff. In this industry, only those survive who have something in them. It is not possible here that you impose your child on others."

Salman concluded by giving his own example (the superstar is writer Salim Khan's son) and also told Rahul not to use a platform like Bigg Boss 14 to slam nepotism. He stated, "I understand, it may be wrong if you are forcing your kids on others but that’s not possible here. I had asked my dad to recommend me to a few filmmakers but he clearly told me, ‘If they saw something in you, they’d have approached me… Now, why do you want me to get insulted when they reject you after my recommendation?’ That is when I decided to work hard and make space for myself. Let me tell you, Rahul, this is not a platform to talk about nepotism. Are you suggesting Mukesh Ambani should donate all his property to the Tatas and not his own kids? Have you heard of companies called Ratan Lal and neighbours? No one is here because of lineage, it is because of your own work that you are in the house."