Shriya Pilgaonkar reveals that she never aspired to have the spotlight as a star kid, and preferred to work her way up in the film industry. She didn’t have a posh release that almost all superstar youngsters with famous parents within the industry would have, and finds that she by no means aspired to have one.
Shriya Pilgaonkar, the daughter of actors Supriya and Sachin Pilgaonkar, speaks on nepotism that every actor who comes from a family of film should not feel entitled and not take it for granted, and also you can’t make star kids feel apologetic about it. She doesn’t appreciate the stereotype around nepotism because she has worked hard for her role in the industry. She believes that one must give credit where credit is due. She also feels that star kids should not be targeted the way they have been in the past few months.
In an interview with Hindustan Times, Shriya shares, “Everything I’ve done, I’ve auditioned for. People will see the work that you get, they’ll not see the work that you don’t get. I’ve never operated from a place of entitlement, which is why when I started acting, some projects I got, some I didn’t. I didn’t come into the industry as a star, I was not on the cover of magazines. I didn’t have that kind of journey, so people don’t throw that nepotism word often at me because they have seen that journey”.
The 31- year- old agrees that access is a reality for people like her, she adds, “We don’t know everything about a person’s journey even if we claim to know it. You do get the privilege of access when you come from the industry, but that is not enough for you to last here and we’ve seen enough examples”.
The actor believes that the anger directed towards star kids is rather misplaced, and it is also a fact that even their journey is difficult. “I’ve had my own struggles and people have seen that. They’ve seen my ups and downs. People right now are generally so angry about so many things and they just want to find a way to blame people. If you don’t want to watch a film, don’t watch it. The industry has nurtured wonderful actors, there’s no insiders or outsiders, talent gets its due,” she concludes.
