Rajkummar Rao Tells Karan Johar He Lost Film to Star Kid Overnight: 'Because You Can Control Things...'

Rajkummar Rao is excited about his new film, Mr. and Mrs. Mahi, produced by Karan Johar. In a recent chat with Karan and co-star Janhvi Kapoor, Rajkummar talked about losing roles to star kids. Karan commented on the insider-outsider debate, saying some people use it to get attention and doubted that missing parties leads to losing film roles, as reported by HT.

Karan, while speaking about the nepotism debate said, “Sometimes they are using it as a toll to make headlines. Immensely successful people are saying, ‘Oh I felt victimised like an oustider and lost opportunity to a star kid’. Somebody is saying, ‘I didn’t attend a party so I didn’t get a role.’ I don’t know at which party there has been transactions for films.”

Responding to Karan, Rajkummar said, when he first arrived in Mumbai, he was also told about attending parties for networking. He said, “Making contacts is not a problem, but going to a party and say, ‘Hi I am here to make contact.’ But having said that, I was supposed to do a film, but then suddenly I was not in that film overnight. Somebody who is known and happened to be a star kid got that part. I my mind I think it was not fair. Just because you can control things, you know people, you can make some calls, it is being unfair. That film never got made eventually. That guy was an insider but he could have also been an outsider who is successful and could do the same to you.”

In an earlier interview with Ranveer Allalhabadia, Rajkummar had talked about losing a film to an outsider before Karan brought it up in their recent interaction. When asked if nepotism played a role in him being replaced in a film, he admitted it but said he prefers to move on. He also mentioned that it seemed like karma that the film never got made.

Rajkummar Rao is basking in the success of his recently released film Srikanth. The film was released on May 10 and is going strong at the box office. Actor Ranveer Singh also took to his social media handle and showered praises on the actor. Earlier, Akshay Kumar had also praised the film and said that Rajkummar should start giving acting classes. Rajkummar plays the role of the visually impaired industrialist Srikanth Bolla in the film.