Emraan Hashmi opens up on Kangana Ranaut’s complaints about nepotism, says repeating the same thing sounds like an ‘excuse’

Sharing his opinion on Kangana’s comments, Emraan said, “It’s good to protest about something if you are an outsider, but if you keep saying that again and again it becomes a crutch. That becomes like a – I wouldn’t want to use such a harsh word – but an excuse, when you should be pushing ahead. There are people who have made it from the outside and that should give you hope. This shouldn’t be a deterrent that ‘I won’t get it because he is getting it’. Then that’s on the back foot and demotivating yourself. Motivate yourself by saying that SRK did it, or Priyanka did it, so I will do it. Be crazily optimistic in that sense.”

Emraan, who was recently seen in Tiger 3 as the villain, said that when Kangana made her Bollywood debut with 2006 film Gangster, he was already a popular actor, but instead, she was given the leading role. “Everyone is talking about it (nepotism)… I have always maintained that Karan got the flak because he was on the show, and she said that, and I feel he has given enough opportunities to outsiders. I love Kangana and she is a fantastic artist and she is great, and I think she also has a viewpoint. It’s coming from her body of experience.”

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Emraan added, “I think my experience through this is that her break was in Gangster. There was me, coming after a hit, with the Bhatts. You can also say that I was part of the whole nepo thing, and it was with her in the centrestage, and I became the villain or the guy in negative shades. So, maybe it’s true to a certain extent, it is difficult for outsiders to get an entry point in the industry, but as many success stories there are of people from here, there are more success stories of people from the outside. It definitely is easy for people here, but we come with our own hurdles. I didn’t have a grand launch, my story is different. I wasn’t someone’s son, so I didn’t have a booming entry as a star in the vehicle in the first film, but yes, it’s easy and difficult for nepo kids.”

Emraan will soon be seen in Showtime, which will stream on Disney Plus Hotstar. He also has a cameo in Sara Ali Khan’s Ae Watan Mere Watan. The actor is venturing in Telugu cinema with Pawan Kalyan’s OG and Adivi Sesh’s G2, which is a sequel of 2018 blockbuster Goodachari.