'An outsider is celebrated in the industry only when he is successful'

Nepotism in Bollywood is perhaps the most discussed topic on Twitter among Indian users in the recent times. The revelation of director Abhinav Kashyap and reaction of artistes like Abhay Deol on their respective social media accounts added fuel to the fire. On Saturday, actor Ashwin Kakumanu took to Twitter to post a few tweets about his struggles and how artistes’ efforts are trivialised in the industry.He posted the screenshot of Abhay’s Insta post, too, and asserted that what the Bollywood actor said was true in every ways.

He posted, “In the wake of what's been happening in terms of marginalising and trivialising some people to teach them their place or to trivialise and ignore some people to put another on a pedestal, I came across @AbhayDeol post and realise that this happens on every level...
The need to hammer every nail that stands out, and in the end an outsider is celebrated and treated like a god, only when they are successful. 'Hard work never fails' is a cliche that is only celebrated when the result is a 'public' success. People who ignore and marginalise your efforts or worth, humiliate you and of course backstabbing (the list wouldn't be complete without that one) all the bitter experiences people go through just to do what they love doing.
And while I'm more numb to every new variation of these efforts to sideline, I think people should maybe make an effort to just treat everyone with some respect instead of like dirt, and then treat them like a god later. Treat people like a human being, like you would like to be. Its ironic and only reinforces that people like to back the winning horse or what they think the winning horse is going to be. And its sad that this mentality is everywhere, about numbers, markets, and 'mass bro', instead of the work.”