Sushant Singh Rajput | Real Solution of Nepotism | One Year Later | Dhruv Rathee
It has been exactly one year since we lost the talented actor Sushant Singh Rajput. An incident which caused nation-wide outrage and sparked the debate on Nepotism. But what exactly is Nepotism and to what extent has nepotism penetrated in our society? In this solution oriented video, I try to explain this in detail.
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00:00Hello, friends.
00:01Today is 14th June.
00:02It has been exactly one year since the day we lost Sushant Singh Rajput.
00:07A very talented actor, an amazing dancer and an entertainer
00:12who was also very interested in the fields of space and quantum mechanics.
00:16With his big telescope, he loved to see stars and planets.
00:20A rare celebrity whose social media posts included cryptic philosophical posts and poetry.
00:26He had many dreams.
00:28In fact, this man was a whole different world within himself.
00:31The day he was informed of his passing,
00:34he shook not only Bollywood but the entire country.
00:38Everyone was shocked to hear this.
00:40And after his passing, the topic of nepotism was heard a lot.
00:45Nepotism was a topic that was very controversial.
00:49Some useless people took publicity for it and politics was played on it.
00:53But nowhere was there a constructive debate in the name of nepotism.
00:58What could be the solutions to counter this problem?
01:01In today's video, I'd like to raise this topic and talk about these solutions.
01:07What is exactly nepotism and how can we counter it?
01:10Come, let's try to find out in today's video.
01:16Nepotism is a topic that was raised a few years ago
01:19when three celebrities said this in an award show.
01:22Nepotism rocks!
01:27What sense did this make?
01:29How can we celebrate something like nepotism?
01:32Should they be called Nepotism Rocks or Talent Rocks?
01:36There are some celebrities who compare nepotism with quota.
01:40Some people get a quota while writing their exams.
01:43So let's consider nepotism to be the same.
01:44I had a particular quota.
01:47I know that Starkill children have 30% quota.
01:50Some celebrities also believe that nepotism only helps you get your first film.
01:56After that, only your talent plays a role.
01:59Can it be so easy to get your first film?
02:02For outsiders, getting their first film in Bollywood is a huge achievement.
02:08They have to struggle a lot to reach that point.
02:12These are the arguments that are given to justify nepotism.
02:16The second question is to what extent can we see nepotism?
02:21First, let's talk about the Bollywood industry.
02:23First, your entire Kapoor family.
02:25Prithvi Raj Kapoor's son, Raj Kapoor.
02:27Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor.
02:29Rishi Kapoor's son, Ranbir Kapoor.
02:30Raj Kapoor's second son, Randhir Kapoor.
02:32Randhir Kapoor's daughter, Kareena Kapoor.
02:35Second, Sharmila Tagore's son, Saif Ali Khan.
02:37Saif Ali Khan's daughter, Sara Ali Khan.
02:39Third, Dharmendra's family.
02:41His sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol.
02:43His daughter, Isha Deol.
02:45His nephew, Abhay Deol.
02:46And now Sunny Deol's son is coming, Karan Deol.
02:49He also got a role in a latest movie.
02:52A lead role.
02:53Apart from this, Sunil Dutt's son, Sanjay Dutt.
02:55Amitabh Bachchan's son, Abhishek Bachchan.
02:57Rakesh Roshan's son, Hrithik Roshan.
02:59There are so many examples of this in Bollywood.
03:02Actually, outsiders have to be searched.
03:06Where are they? Who are the outsiders?
03:08Some names come to my mind.
03:10One is Sushant Singh Rajput.
03:12Another is Ayushman Khurana.
03:14One is Rajkumar Rao.
03:15Now, I'd like to ask you a critical question.
03:18Should we count only the sons and daughters of actors and actresses
03:21in star kids, in nepotism?
03:23Or should we count the sons and daughters of famous filmmakers, directors and writers
03:29who are offered roles in star kids?
03:31Should we count them in nepotism as well?
03:33Like the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt,
03:35Alia Bhatt, who has become a superstar today.
03:38Should we count her in nepotism as well?
03:40There are many other examples of this.
03:42Salim Khan's son, Salman Khan.
03:44Javed Akhtar's son, Farhan Akhtar.
03:46In fact, Aamir Khan's father and uncle were film producers and filmmakers.
03:51I'd like to take this question one step further.
03:54The sons of politicians who have become actors,
03:57Ritesh Deshmukh, his father,
03:59Vilasrao Deshmukh, has been the Chief Minister for two terms of Maharashtra.
04:03Did he use his power here to make his son an actor or to make him a filmmaker?
04:09What do you think?
04:11Could nepotism have played a role here as well?
04:13Actually, let's take it one step further.
04:15If a superstar's parents are not Bollywood insiders or politicians themselves,
04:20but they have a very close connection with politicians and Bollywood insiders.
04:25Amitabh Bachchan's father, legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan,
04:28and his mother Teji Bachchan,
04:30are said to have a very close connection with former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
04:35And look at this photo.
04:36Shahrukh Khan's mother is standing with PM Indira Gandhi.
04:40Is it possible that Shahrukh Khan got some extra help in the beginning of his career because of this connection?
04:46It is possible or not.
04:48But I'd like to tell you a fact.
04:50Shahrukh Khan and Irrfan Khan both started out at around the same time.
04:54But Shahrukh Khan got the lead role in TV first and then in films.
04:59But Irrfan Khan had to wait for 15 years to get the lead role in films.
05:04And the same story is with Amitabh Bachchan.
05:06When he landed in Bombay, he started getting the lead roles right from the start.
05:10So definitely, the issue of nepotism arises here as well.
05:14Do influential people use their connections
05:18to help their sons and daughters in a way that is unfair to others?
05:25And so far, I've only talked about connections.
05:27What will happen if money is used to give this unfair advantage?
05:32Should this also be counted in nepotism?
05:34Suppose Vijay Mallya wants to launch his son Siddharth Mallya in a lead role in a Bollywood film.
05:40How difficult would it be for him to do this?
05:42He has a wealth of crores of rupees.
05:44He has some connections but mainly, he has a lot of money.
05:47It would be very easy for him to do this.
05:49Actually, friends, I believe that all these examples will fall under the category of nepotism.
05:54To a different degree.
05:55In some, the use of nepotism has been reduced.
05:58In some, nepotism plays a huge role.
06:01And here, I'd like to clear one thing before moving ahead in the video.
06:05I'm not saying that I'm against all the star kids who have come from nepotism.
06:09There are a lot of star kids here who might have used nepotism to some degree.
06:15But they're very talented people.
06:17Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan are very talented actors.
06:20Vicky Kaushal is the son of a famous action director.
06:23He's very talented.
06:25Konkana Sen.
06:26They're not only talented but also hardworking people.
06:29But the concern is that talent should be promoted here.
06:33It doesn't matter if you're an insider or an outsider
06:36as long as talent is being promoted here.
06:38And the second thing is that the outsiders,
06:40are they getting an equal opportunity to rise to the same level?
06:44Probably not.
06:46And this is not just in Bollywood.
06:48It is seen in many other sectors of the country.
06:50Just look at politics.
06:52The Gandhi family in politics.
06:54Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi.
06:56Such a long tradition is going on here.
06:59And apart from the Gandhi family,
07:01does anyone else get the opportunity to rise to the same level in the Congress party?
07:05This is the most famous example that everyone knows.
07:07But actually, there are a lot of examples of this.
07:09Rajesh Pailet's son, Sachin Pailet.
07:11Lalu Prasad Yadav's son, Tejasvi Yadav.
07:13Mulayam Singh Yadav's son, Akhilesh Yadav.
07:15And a party like BJP,
07:17which calls itself against nepotism,
07:19has Jyotardir Sindhia, Varun Gandhi, Anurag Thakur.
07:23In fact, in the 2019 Lok Sabha,
07:26approximately 30% of the MPs of the Lok Sabha
07:30come from political families.
07:32One third are our politicians, basically.
07:34And not all political families
07:36favour making their sons and daughters politicians.
07:39In fact, there are such examples here.
07:41Amit Shah's son, Jai Shah.
07:43Who has reached the top posts of the BCCI.
07:46Can this be possible without influence?
07:48Isn't this nepotism?
07:50Of course, it is.
07:51Apart from politics, come to journalism.
07:53You will find such examples here as well.
07:55Vidya Vilas Puri co-founded Thomson Press in 1967.
07:59And her son, Arun Puri, became the chairman.
08:02And today, her managing director is Ankur Puri.
08:04Who is Arun Puri's son.
08:06India Today Magazine was also started by her in 1975.
08:10Her son, Arun Puri, was the founding publisher.
08:13Her daughter, Madhu, was the founding editor.
08:16And in October 2017,
08:18Arun Puri gave her daughter, Kalli Puri,
08:20the post of Vice Chairperson.
08:22The same story can be seen in those media organisations
08:24that claim to raise their voice against nepotism.
08:27In Republic TV,
08:29a journalist who had just resigned
08:31said that Arnab Goswami is the head
08:34but actually manages the operations.
08:36Arnab Goswami's wife.
08:38His wife being Arnab's wife,
08:40he has every right to be in the organisation.
08:43I'm nobody to challenge it.
08:45But when you have the galls to lecture other people
08:47about nepotism,
08:49when you are telling why the so-called
08:51star son has become star,
08:53then you should also have the courage
08:55to practice whatever you are preaching to others.
08:58This type of nepotism, friends,
09:00is not only present in politics, journalism,
09:02Bollywood, but also in our law,
09:04and even in the justice system.
09:06Look at the screen.
09:08There are many Judges of our Honourable Supreme Court
09:10whose family members,
09:12either their father or uncle,
09:14have been Supreme Court Judges before.
09:16I'd like to say again
09:18that I'm not saying that our Supreme Court Judges
09:20are less intelligent
09:22or less qualified.
09:24They are highly qualified and intelligent Judges.
09:26But I'm just raising the question
09:28that because there has always been
09:30a Supreme Court Judge in their family,
09:32have they not been given an unfair advantage
09:34in comparison to other people?
09:36Of course, they have.
09:38We see the same thing with doctors.
09:40If there is a doctor in the family,
09:42they can easily make their sons and daughters doctors.
09:44Business is another field where
09:46we see this a lot.
09:49Businessmen make their sons and daughters
09:51the next chairpersons
09:53or CEOs of their businesses.
09:55And apart from all this,
09:57money nepotism also plays a big role here.
09:59For children born in rich families,
10:01life is very easy.
10:03If a person is born in a rich family,
10:05for example,
10:07Abhishek Bachchan's daughter
10:09says that she wants to become
10:11a commercial pilot
10:13but it will cost her crores of rupees
10:15to get her license.
10:17They can afford this.
10:19If Shahrukh Khan's son says that
10:21he has failed his entrance exam in college
10:23but still wants to study in this field,
10:25he can easily afford to study
10:27in the best private universities
10:29in the world.
10:31And the interesting thing is that
10:33this is applicable to all of us
10:35to different levels.
10:37Now, I come from a middle class family.
10:39If I tell my parents
10:41that I want to leave my job
10:43and focus on YouTube
10:45then my parents have so much money
10:47that they can afford
10:49my food and household expenses.
10:51If I don't do any job
10:53or earn any money,
10:55they can look after me for a year.
10:57But if a son from a poor family
10:59says to his parents that
11:01he wants to do YouTube
11:03and won't earn any money for a year,
11:05then a poor family in a slum
11:07won't be able to afford it.
11:09They will be forced not to do this
11:11and earn money in a job.
11:13They may never be able to afford such a career.
11:15This is called privilege.
11:17Each one of us has
11:19a different level of privilege in our lives.
11:21On a personal, individual level,
11:23we should be thankful for this privilege.
11:25And this is applicable
11:27to all these superstar kids
11:29who came into the industry
11:31through their connections and influence
11:33and got an opportunity.
11:35Perhaps the best response from them
11:37would be to acknowledge their privilege
11:39and accept that the outsiders
11:41can't get this level of opportunity.
11:43We've got an opportunity
11:45that 99% of the people won't get.
11:47And we're thankful for it.
11:49But by doing this,
11:51it doesn't end here.
11:53What about the children of those families
11:55who are living in poverty?
11:57Who are living in slums?
11:59Who don't have proper drinking water?
12:01Who don't have proper electricity?
12:03Who don't get access to good health facilities?
12:05Who don't get access to good education?
12:07They're forced to grow up
12:09under the same conditions.
12:11And for them,
12:13it is 100 times more difficult
12:15to rise up to this level.
12:17Yes, there are some examples
12:19of inspirational stories.
12:21Like Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
12:23who used to sell newspapers in the beginning.
12:25He grew from the bottom
12:27and reached the level he did.
12:29But it is important for us to know
12:31that these examples are
12:33very, very, very rare.
12:35We can't show the world these examples
12:38and say,
12:40look, if they did it, you can do it too.
12:42If we start saying this to the poor,
12:44their lives will not improve.
12:46We'll have to give them equal opportunities.
12:48But do you know what the problem is?
12:50When the starting line is actually
12:52tried to make equal,
12:54then some people
12:56start blaming these underprivileged families.
12:58When the government
13:00tries to provide free electricity, free education,
13:02free healthcare, free water
13:04to these poor people.
13:06When free scholarships, free schemes
13:08are tried to provide for them,
13:10then some people
13:12start calling these people freeloaders.
13:14They say, look, how these people
13:16buy things for free.
13:18They don't have to do anything for themselves.
13:20These people are all freeloaders.
13:22Think about it.
13:24Isn't it our hypocrisy to blame these people?
13:26And to blame the government schemes
13:28when the starting line is tried to make equal?
13:30Actually, to deal with the issue of nepotism,
13:32with the help of solutions,
13:34the person who can get the most inspiration
13:36is none other than
13:38Sushant Singh Rajput.
13:40In Sushant's dreams list,
13:42there were many projects like
13:44sending more than 100 underprivileged children
13:46to NASA or ISRO
13:48for training.
13:50He wanted to encourage such things.
13:52And when he gave his views on nepotism,
13:54he said something like this.
14:04And nothing would happen.
14:06But at the same time,
14:08if you deliberately don't allow
14:10the right talents to come up,
14:12then there's a problem.
14:14He had accepted that
14:16nepotism is a reality.
14:18And it can be seen in almost
14:20every aspect of life.
14:22If your sons and daughters exist today,
14:24then you will also try
14:26to give them the best of the best.
14:28There's nothing wrong with it.
14:30Sushant Singh Rajput believed that
14:32nepotism can co-exist.
14:34But the focus should be
14:36on making the same starting line.
14:38To give a fair chance
14:40to the rest of the people.
14:42This is the most important thing.
14:44And he worked hard in his life
14:46and tried to do the same.
14:48So I believe that if you truly love him
14:50and respect him, then learn from him.
14:52By doing useless trolling,
14:54by spreading trends on Twitter,
14:56by abusing other actors and superstars,
14:58nothing will happen.
15:00Learn from them and in a positive way,
15:02try to help underprivileged people
15:04in different aspects of life
15:06and in different fields.
15:08Try to bring equality of opportunity
15:10in the society by yourself.
15:12And encourage and pressurize the government
15:14to do the same.
15:16Doing the same will be a respectful
15:18thing for Sushant Singh Rajput.
15:20I hope you liked the video.
15:22Let's meet in the next video.
15:24Thank you very much.