Tusshar Kapoor on nepotism: We all get scrutinized (Exclusive)

While “nepo baby” may be the buzziest insult hurled at star kids today, Tusshar Kapoor insists the scrutiny isn’t new — it’s just louder, faster, and lives forever on Instagram. “It was the same even then,” he says, reflecting on his own debut in the early 2000s when the pressure of being Jeetendra’s son was more intense than glamorous. “Now it's just that the media has gone over, and hit the roof. Social media has become a galaxy now.”Right from Suhana Khan and Agastya Nanda to Shanaya Kapoor and Ibrahim Ali Khan the younger lot gets both validation and vitriol in the same scroll. “There's so much that you can take seriously and there's so much that you don't take seriously,” Tusshar adds, "In the past there were fewer media. So, the impact or the effort to bring you down was more intense. Today it just gets washed away in a couple of days. You still have to have a thick skin. Nobody has it easy. We all get scrutinized, and analyzed.”Tusshar Kapoor, who made his debut with the 2001 hit Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, has since carved a niche with roles in films like Golmaal, Shor in the City, and The Dirty Picture. More recently, he’s stepped into production and authored a memoir, Bachelor Dad, chronicling his journey as a single parent. In a world where opinions multiply overnight, he remains rooted—proof that survival in showbiz isn’t just about legacy, but about grit and reinvention.