Pooja Bhatt joins nepotism debate, says her family launched Kangana Ranaut

Pooja Bhatt has had enough of critics coming after the Bhatt family with nepotism charges and now she is in no mood to stay silent. The death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has fuelled the debate on nepotism like never before and the Bhatts have found themselves at the centre of it.

From conspiracy theories to massive drop in follower count on social media, the well-known faces of the Bhatt family, especially Alia and Mahesh Bhatt, have been forced to go into silence. So much so that social media users have already rejected their upcoming film Sadak 2 and ranked it 98% on Nepometer, an app that tells the audiences how nepotistic a Bollywood film is.

But, no More! On Monday, Pooja penned a hard-hitting note against critics and claimed that she hails from a family that has launched more new talents — actors, musicians and technicians than the entire film industry combined. She wrote, “There was a time when the Bhatt’s were accused of having something against established actors and made to feel inferior for only working with/launching newcomers and not chasing stars.”

 In her note, Pooja also hit out at Kangana Ranaut, a strong voice against nepotism in Bollywood, claiming that it was the Bhatts who launched her. “She is a great talent, if not she wouldn’t have been launched by Vishesh films in Gangster. Yes, Anurag Basu discovered her, but Vishesh Films backed his vision and invested in the film. No small feat.”

 As for Sadak 2 and nepotism charges, Pooja clarified that Sadak 2 gives birth to a new music talent in the form of Sunil Jeet, a music teacher from Chandigarh who walked into their office with no prior appointment and composed a song called ‘Ishq Kamaal’.