Senior actor Naseeruddin Shah believes that the debate of nepotism surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput’s death is childish. It was during an interaction with The Film Companion, he said, “One can only hope for that though the level of the debate is getting more and more juvenile and I see it as completely unnecessary. Why are we washing our dirty underwear in public? Why are actors who have been content now complaining they are not on posters? Why are actors who didn’t get a certain film complaining they didn’t get it? They didn’t get it. There are so many actors who didn’t get it. If everyone of us starts enumerating out complaints, the film industry will seem like the worst place on earth. And I daresay that is true of any industry. First of all I hope this poor Sushant is laid to rest and people just leave him alone.”
The nepotism debate is just ging haywire with anyone and everyone from th film industry pulling each otehr down. Twitter has erupted with a war of words amongst actresses like never before. Kangana’s fiery interview in whcih she called Taapsee Pannu and Swara Bhasker B-Grade actresses has made things worse on the micr-blogging website. Having said that, one thing surely is apparent, the inclination towards the itnernet and the digital platforms have surely increased manifold.
Talking about OTT platforms Naseer said it would end the culture of celebrating mediocre blockbusters. “And my hope is that people will realise the futility of block-busting, seeti inducing applause inducing, coin throwing kind of movies because that is probably not going to happen anymore. It’s going to be very interesting to see what kind of reaction a Salman Khan film gets on the OTT platform? People watching alone at home, will they still throw coins at the screen? No they wont. It’s a fever that infects everybody,” he said.
Naseer will be seen next in Amazon Prime Series, Bandish Bandits. He plays a classical singer in the show which releases on August 4
