Mrunal Thakur reveals she was refused speech at an award function, media ‘ran behind’ Janhvi Kapoor leaving her interview midway: ‘They are star kids but we…’

Mrunal Thakur, while discussing nepotism, said that the common public and media run after star-kids as they are intrigued by their life.

By: Entertainment Desk

Mumbai | Updated: February 6, 2024 01:53 PM IST

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Mrunal Thakur opened up about nepotism and the time she won an award along with Janhvi Kapoor. (Photos: Mrunal Thakur, Janhvi Kapoor/ Instagram)

A video of Mrunal Thakur talking about her experience with the media preferring a “star kid” over her in an interview has gone viral on social media. In the video Mrunal is seen talking about how it is not the star-kids who are to be blamed for nepotism in Bollywood but the audience and the media.

In the video Mrunal is seen giving media bytes, where she says, “Let’s begin with media. For example, we don’t have Ananya and Janhvi, unfortunately. But I have to say something, it’s not their fault, they are star kids, it’s we, as common people who are so intrigued to know what’s going on in their life.”

Mrunal also revealed that at one of the awards nights where she won the Best Actress Critics awards, media left her interview half way and ran behind Janhvi Kapoor who had won the award in a different category. She shared, “I will give you one simple example- at an awards night, interview session was happening, I was in the middle of an interview and the media ran behind the star kid, now tell me! I have been awarded as best actor critics, same as Janhvi being awarded the same night. I wasn’t even handed the speech…” Reportedly the video is from Mrunal’s appearance at the 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in 2019.

She also urged people to stop pointing fingers at the star-kids and requested the media to reflect on their actions and discourse on the the nepotism debate. “I am not saying that I am jealous or something. I am saying that it’s not their fault. So stop pointing nepotism, nepotism. It also, what I feel, depends on the audience and the media especially,” she said.

On the work front Mrunal, who moved to acting in films after leaving a successful acting career in television serials, made her feature film debut in 2019 with Love Sonia. She recently received a lot of love and appreciation for her films like Sita Ramam, Hi Nanna among others. Mrunal will next be seen in Family Star along with Vijay Devarakonda.

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