Now that’s called a Gentleman!!! After the demise of Sushant Singh Rajput, it is very generous of famous actor Saif Ali Khan to finally take a stand for the struggling actors in the industry and give a true image of Nepotism and the ways in which it functions in Bollywood.
According to Hindustan Times, Saif was asked about times when the cast and crew began referring to him as ‘Khan Sahab’ on the first day of shooting no less.
Saif Ali Khan On Privilege
He claimed, “Being the kind of person I am, the films that I have done, there has also been a sense of privilege and lack of privilege, and people coming up the hard way and people coming up the easy way, that’s always been the undercurrent, especially in an ensemble like this, with some of these NSD guys and film institute chaps.
“They’ve come up purely through talent, while some of us, frankly, have had doors opened for us by the privilege of our birth and the parents we’ve had. So, given that undercurrent, when you’re on set and you do a scene and you are as prepared as anyone else and you deliver a line which is on par with if not better than everyone, then you feel better. And to earn the respect of those guys felt really important.”
From the very beginning, Saif has been at the forefront of the nepotism debate, especially after the untimely death of Shushant Singh Rajput was made public.
During a past interview with PTI, he made his views clear on the subject, claiming, “Nepotism is a horrible thing. I am totally against nepotism. I have benefited from it for sure. Definitely, we have more opportunities than people who are not connected to movies.”
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