Raghav Juyal faced social media backlash for his comments on nepotism, suggesting hard work is the key to success. While some users criticized his stance, arguing it ignores systemic disadvantages, others defended him, citing the need to survive in a ‘controlled industry.’ The debate highlights differing perspectives on opportunity and merit within Bollywood.
Raghav Juyal has been garnering praise for his performance in Aryan Khan’s debut directorial, ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’. However, he also recently received flak from a section of people on social media for his comments on nepotism.In conversation with Ranveer Allahbadia on his podcast, Raghav said, “I don’t understand why people complain. I don’t think you should complain. Just work hard on yourself. Get up, work hard, and become a somebody that you can have your own little nepo kids.”
Social media backlash
As soon as the clip from the podcast went viral on the internet, social media users on reddit reacted to it and shared their opinions. One user wrote, ‘I understand his compulsions. But this advice of working hard and finding your way – the thing is your hard work will only be rewarded when the opportunities are available to you. If the opportunities are closed to you because you are an outsider, you can be extremely talented and hard-working and you will not get anywhere.’
Fans defend Kangana Ranaut
Another one added, ‘Such a bad argument. You know that’s why I like Kangana, yes, she is crazy and has her flaws, but she is not spineless and calls a spade, a spade.’ A user also commented, ‘Bro speaks likes this because he is getting advantage from it. if he did not had opportunities he would not talk like this. its completely ok to call out unfair advantage . just because you are benefiting by close proximity to nepotism does not mean every body should accept “bad nepo actors”. this is what irks me about successful outsiders, they are just try to justify nepotism.’
Support for Raghav
However, some users were also seen coming in support of the Juyal. One wrote, ‘He too knows it, but he has to sustain in the industry.’ Another one added, ‘I am not a fan of Raghav or have never seen any of his acts…but what you are all expecting from him…he has to sustain in this controlled industry and all his hard work will go into the water if he gives any controversial statement, so completely understandable…he can’t do anything about it.’
Meanwhile, Ba***ds of Bollywood starred Lakshya, Bobby Deol, Mona Singh, Sahher Bambba, Anya SIngh and others in key roles. Go to Source
