Abhay Deol has broken his silence on the ongoing debate on social media about the nepotistic practices in the film industry by citing his own experience of his superhit 2011 film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. The film featured actors Abhay Deol, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar and Katrina Kaif in lead roles. However, most of the Bollywood awards nominated Deol and Akhtar in the Supporting Actor category, while Hrithik and Katrina were pitched for the Leading Role category.

In his latest Instagram post, Deol, known for his unfiltered and honest opinions, wrote how according to the industry’s logic, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was a love story of a boy and a girl instead of being a story about life and friendship. Sharing a still from the film, Abhay Deol wrote, “I would like to mention that almost all the award functions demoted me and Farhan from main leads, and nominated us as “supporting actors”. Hrithik and Katrina were nominated as “actors in a leading role”. So by the industry’s own logic, this was a film about a man and a woman falling in love, with the man supported by his friends for whatever decisions he takes.”This led to Deol boycotting the ‘familyfare’ award shows. He added, “There are many covert and overt ways in which people in the industry lobby against you. In this case, it was shamelessly overt. I of course boycotted the awards but Farhan was ok with it. #familyfareawards”

However, this is not the first time that the Dev D actor has spoken his mind. A few years ago, he pointed fingers at Bollywood celebrities who endorse fairness creams and started a debate against the fairness creams in India. This debate was recently revived following the death of George Floyd that led to worldwide protests.
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