Nepotism is something that many Bollywood audiences point out. Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi got a prominent place in Telugu audience’s hearts through films like Raktha Charitra and Vinaya Videya Rama, opened up on what he went through in the industry and also shared a few interesting things about the late actor Sushant Singh.
Sharing that though he bagged hit films, he hasn’t gotten many chances, Vivek said, “After scoring a few good hits, I got a lot of praise and won awards.” People were saying, “Oh my God, this is amazing!” And then, for one and a half years, I was sitting at home, and nobody was coming to me with films; it defies all logic. “As an actor, I was delivering; the box office was delivering; there were awards; the critics were praising me, but there was no work. Kaam hi nahi tha.”
Also talking about the late Sushant Singh, he added, “It is breaking.” Look at what Sushant Singh Rajput went through, or what so many other kids go through; so much talent gets crushed because it was somebody’s decision, for reasons other than work, to just destroy someone. There is so much power in some people’s hands that there is a God complex, which needs to go. We can’t have too much power in our hands where we think we can make or break someone. People have said this to me, and they believe it. It’s our fault as an industry that we’ve given them that kind of power. “That pedestal should be given only to talent—new, old, upcoming, established—that is the most important.”