Taapsee Pannu Has A New Take On ‘Nepo’ Kids

NEW DELHI (ANI) – As the debate over nepotism continues to rage in the film industry, with several people holding forth that Bollywood with its influential families is not an amiable place for outsiders, actor Taapsee Pannu offers another take on the topic.

“I’ll tell you and maybe it’s a different opinion from a lot of others. One thing that is good about people who have parents or siblings or any other family member in the industry. One good thing that I’ve learned from them is on how to stay together and stick together and support each other,” Taapsee said.

This trait, says the actor, is something “which a lot of us people from outside don’t have as much as we have, as they have for each other.”

The actor who made her debut with 2010 Telugu film ‘Jhummandi Naadam’ and then went on to act in the 2011 Tamil film ‘Aadukalam’ shared how outsiders in the industry feel insecure with each other as opposed to kids in the industry.

“I feel we are so used to hustling, struggling, and racing ahead of each other that we are respectful towards each other. Obviously, we respect each other. We message each other when we see each other’s work but whether it’s a good film or a bad film, stand by this person. That vibe is more in those industry kids than us outsiders.

“We will keep feeling somewhere deep down inside a lot of us will end up feeling insecure with each other only. And it’s more than what the industry kids have. Maybe, because, as I said, the mindset of competition has been formed,” said Taapsee who made her Hindi cinema debut in 2013 with David Dhawan’s comedy ‘Chashme Baddoor’.

“The unity of sorts that I have seen that they will recommend each other or stand by each other or be there for each other is in my personal experience, I have seen they have more than us and I think that’s one thing probably if not others that we can take away from them in a good way,” Taapsee said.