Sona Mohapatra on Zoya Akhtar’s take on nepotism: ‘Your privilege need not make you glib, condescending and smug’ – bollywood

Singer Sona Mohapatra has reacted to filmmaker Zoya Akhar’s take on the nepotism debate and she doesn’t agree with her. Taking to Twitter, Sona reposted a news piece about Zoya’s comment and wrote about being aware of one’s privilege.

“Your privilege need not be ur guilt but it need not make you so glib,condescending & smug.Of course u cannot ‘change’ ur parents.But what u can do is recognise the fortune,opportunities u were born into.Use ur privilege to bring fairness & balance?No. ‘Will not share MY cake’,” she wrote in her tweet.

When someone asked Sona to watch the full interview, she said, “I don’t judge by headlines but by having experienced the workings of this self-serving lot year after year. You are free to lap up/watch a ‘glib family’ ‘chat’ & call it an ‘interview’. I see it for what it really is; a hedonistic exercise designed to hoodwink the public.”

She also said that Javed Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar did not like the song Ambarsariya from their film Fukrey. The song was sung by Sona and was a major hit. “Not very subtle.( FYI, Ambarsariya; both Javed & Farhan Akhtar were hostile/hated it.Only song Excel didn’t bother to shoot a music video for,montage got cut after much. Long story there but of course it’s no surprise why I never got a ‘second chance’. Stood up to the master,” she wrote. “Did anyone notice that despite being 1 of the last song’s released in the Fukrey promotions, yet becoming a big hit, a rare ‘solo female song’, featuring ‘new talent’ (worth encouraging?), Ambarsariya had ZERO nominations in any awards shows. #MusicMafia in bed with #FilmMafia,” she added.

Your privilege need not be ur guilt but it need not make you so glib,condescending & smug.Of course u cannot ‘change’ ur parents.But what u can do is recognise the fortune,opportunities u were born into.Use ur privilege to bring fairness & balance?No. “Will not share MY cake.” https://t.co/5wRpP5JtDA

— Sona Mohapatra (@sonamohapatra) July 27, 2020

Zoya, who is the daughter of lyricist Javed Akhtar, had said in an interview with India Today that she cannot change who she is born to. “It is not about inside-outsider, it is basically that people are angry about haves and have-nots in the country. This is playing out in the industry because this is a soft target. It’s not about making movies on getting a break, you want to be a star, you want to be invited to that party, and nobody can help you with that. And all I want to say is, no matter what anybody says I am not going to change my parents or my career, so now live with it,” she had said.

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Further talking about nepotism in Bollywood, Zoya had said, “It took me 7 years to make a movie and I was born in the lap of the industry. The outsiders like Reema Kagti, Anurag Kashyap all made movies before me, so everybody’s journey is different. My privilege was that I had a house to live in, and Farhan was working so he paid the bills, but nobody did my film because of my last name. Yes, access is a huge deal, but it doesn’t get a film made, ask me about it.”

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