Film critic, actor, producer and writer Kamaal Rashid Khan aka KRK is famous for voicing his opinions on social media. After the untimely death of Sushant Singh Rajput, Khan has spoken about how nepotism is ruling the industry.
“It is not as if Bollywood kills talent, this is not the case. But yes, there are some companies like Dharma, YRF, Nadiadwala, Balaji Telefilms, TSeries and Excel who are behind every big film. And if one wants to make a name in the industry he has to work with these production companies only, doing small films will not take them anywhere. It goes without saying if these companies decide that they don’t want to work with a particular actor, his or her career is finished. Having said that, no one can kill talent but to showcase it one needs a medium — films, and getting this chance is difficult in Bollywood because of the internal politics. Every production company wants to give chance to the talent they know and not someone who doesn’t have a Godfather in the industry,” he says.
KRK too feels that all the debate that is happening is in the heat of the moment and things will continue to work the way they did before. “After Guru Dutt sahab, Sushant is the only big actor who took his life at such a young age. Therefore there is so much hype about it. Also no one will take such a huge step for a mere reason like he lost a film or someone wrote bad about him. There must be something big going on with him that made him take the step. I think it all started with Drive. When an actor’s film releases on an OTT platform instead of theatres, it is a setback for the actor because there are chances that he will be typecast. This was a big strike on Sushant’s career.
Since, I was not in touch with him for the last one-and-a-half-year, I don’t know what exactly has happened with him. But I am sure, there must be a thousand reasons that made him give up. But like I said, nothing much will change in the industry. Just like in politics, there is a law of land in Bollywood too. If one wants to sustain in the industry he has to work according to the industry otherwise he is free to go back home. Therefore, after sometime, everything will get back to normal and star kids will continue to get opportunities. If they have the talent they will sustain, if not it’s a dead end for them as well. In the end, it is all about talent, if one has it, there is no way he will be denied work,” KRK tells you.
