The stardom of film stars has always been heavy on TV stars. Many times I thought of writing something on this subject, and today I have got a chance to write something on it. That too when a video of Archana Puran Singh came out. Although this video is of his YouTube Vlog, and this is a family video, but in the video, his son Aryaman Sethi said something that clearly shows how difficult it is to make a career in acting for the children of TV stars.
When you will see this viral block of Archana, then at one place her son Aryaman Sethi is seen saying that ‘I did not get a single role even after 100 auditions. The reverse napotism is going on with me. Even though it is a joke, but it reflects the pain of a star kid. Just think, in today’s time, it has become difficult for the children of TV stars to come to films, while on the other hand there is a line of films for the children of film stars. After all, why do Bollywood have two faces? Aryaman is saying that reverse nepotism is happening to him, but why? Because his parents are also associated with TV? If you talk about Parmeet Sethi and Archana, then apart from TV, he has also been a part of many best films. It is a different matter that he could not get the fame in Bollywood that he got on TV.
Tell me, what will happen when the children of TV stars will also start falling in the grip of nepotism? At the same time, talking about Boney Kapoor’s daughters Jahnavi and Khushi Kapoor, how many auditions did they have to give for debut in films? Even if he had to give, how many times did he express his pain? As soon as Khushi made his debut, the line of films was made for him. Saif Ali Khan’s daughter Sara Ali Khan had to give how many auditions for her debut? Let us forget how much hard work was his son Abraham Ali Khan for his first film? Now if you get entangled in the questions, then many questions will come out, but now the time has come that there should be a change in Bollywood… Those who deserve it should also get a chance in films.
Famous TV actress Shweta Tiwari, who has also worked in many films. In the case of glamor, his daughter Palak Tiwari had to start her acting career with the video album. Then in 2021 he got a film with great difficulty, the name was ‘Rosie’. This was his debut film, which has not been released yet. It is being said that his film will now be released on OTT in October this year. No one knows why this happened, but in 2023, she definitely got a chance to work in Salman Khan’s film ‘Kisi Kisi John’, but even after that Palak did not get the hyp that she was entitled to. Dilip Joshi’s daughter Naiti Joshi, Pankaj Dhir’s son Nikitin Dhir, Sachin Pilgaonkar’s daughter Shriya Pilgaonkar… There are many more TV stars, whose children could not enter the limelight.
Bollywood has had ‘Sholay Ka Coin’ since the beginning, which has ‘head’ on both sides, but TV stars do not have such an option. They are still entangled between ‘Head and Tail’. There is a lot of difference between TV and film stars, such as there is a lot of difference between the fees of both. There is also a lot of difference in career growth. On the other hand, marketing and coverage for TV stars are almost negligible and when it comes to struggle, film stars cannot match TV stars. Their shift is very long, usually they have to work to do only one show at a time. I have some questions, can Karan Johar Archana Puran Singh’s son Aryaman Sethi not launch? Can Boney Kapoor not make a film with Shweta Tiwari’s daughter Palak Tiwari? If the lockdown JC situation did not arise across the country, then the OTT would hardly be as popular in our country. Today, OTT itself has emerged as the biggest challenge for Bollywood. If the OTT was not dominated in our country, then it is difficult to say that where would the stars like Vineet Kumar Singh, Abhishek Banerjee, Jaideep Ahlawat be there today?
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