Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Varun Dhawan have been the newest visitors Koffee With Karan Season 7, and the 2 revealed just a few issues about their private {and professional} lives. In a dialog with host Karan Johar, the Jugjug Jio actors talked about nepotism within the business and Anil made some revelations about his early days as an actor and mentioned that he was insecure with Jackie Shroff who was a was an outsider.
The veteran actor mentioned, “When I started my career at that time, it was definitely Sunny, Sanju. Jackie was kind of an outsider but still he got his first break from Subhash Ghai. So, he himself came out with that one announcement. Also became like an A-lister. I was doing small roles at that time. I was doing South Indian films. I didn’t like it.”
Karan Johar then requested Anil Kapoor, “Do you think Jackie who was an outsider got the privilege of being launched by Subhash Ghai?” Anil replied, “I still feel it. The day I signed a Yash Chopra film, I thought, ‘Oh now, I am fine.'”
Talking additional concerning the debate on nepotism, Anil mentioned, “I do not take it critically. You simply maintain doing all your job and your work speaks for itself. If you’re an actor, you can’t cross on the inheritance to your brother or your son. It’s both you may have it or you do not have it.”
Anil Kapoor made his Bollywood debut with a small position in Hamare Tumhare and Jackie Shroff made his debut in 1983 with Subhash Ghai’s movie Hero.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
