9 Bollywood Star Kids Who Wouldn't Have Survived In The Industry Without Favouritism

Sometimes all the help and legacy cannot give you the results you want. It’s more like you can take the horse to water, but can’t make him drink. The fate of some of our Bollywood stars who have some sort of filmy legacy, family or support, has not been that great. It’s in fact a bitter truth that these stars wouldn’t have survived without the help of their relatives and parents. Sometimes nepotism can also not save your career. Here’s a list of actors whose careers are banking on the favours of their families.

Imran Khan

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Aamir Khan’s nephew Imran Khan had a more popular debut than Ranbir Kapoor around the same time. His innocent chocolate boy face was a rage among young women. But after Jaane Tu, his career graph dipped, never to go up. Desipit mamu jaan Aamir’s efforts in Delhi Belly, this star’s career couldn’t bloom. Thanks to friends in the fraternity he did manage to do two films with Dharma, both of which bombed despite a lot of buzz.

Tiger Shroff

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People have all the good things in the world to say about Tiger Shroff. Right from his mind blowing dance moves to his popular innocent nature, Tiger Shroff is just the ideal guy you can take home to your parents. But, that hasn’t helped his career. From Heropanti to Baaghi, we haven’t seen his acting skills come out in the open and the boy unfortunately doesn’t show signs of acting chops. His stability in the industry is all because he’s Jacky Shroff’s son and people look up to Jaggu Dada in reverence. We really hope Tiger blissfully surprises us with his upcoming projects and shows some real acting skills.

Shraddha Kapoor

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Shraddha Kapoor is one of those classic star kids who has the yoke of her father Shakti Kapoor’s legacy, and aunt Padmini Kolhapure’s acting talent. Both of them have been celebrated during their times, and Crime Master Gogo is still a rage. Shraddha however, hasn’t been able to leave impact of her craft over the audience when it comes to skills. She might be lucky to have 100 Cr movies on her CV, but the girl has survived in the industry due to the good will of her parents and family members.

Kareena Kapoor

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The mother of legacy is what you call Bebo. Great granddaughter of Prithvi Raj Kapoor, Granddaughter of Raj Kapoor , daughter of Randhir and Babita Kapoor, sister of Karishma Kapoor, Begum of Pataudi, and best friends with the biggest producer of Bollywood, Karan Johar. Kareena Kapoor Khan has seen her own share of series of debacles at the start of her career. She slowly built her way up because she had huge legacy behind her. Legacy is an understatement actually. Then she was mentored by Karan, Salman Khan, and got a few meaty roles with SRK. From Chameli to Jab We Met and being Poo in K3G, Kareena has come a long way, but only due to immense support from her friends and family in a literal sense.

She makes you wonder that if friends and family won’t help, who else will. But that also reflects on how much could she have pulled off without them.

Soha Ali Khan

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Whatever films Soha has done in Bollywood, all have failed to establish her has a successful actress. Thanks to her mother Sharmila and brother Saif, she’s still had some tenure at the movies.

Athiya Shetty

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What can be better than Salman Khan launching a girl! She made her debut with Hero but miserably failed despite all the support from her father Suneil Shetty and Salman Khan. Friends and family are still at her service to rescue her, and with little talent, if she does more movies, the credit will go to her family.

Sooraj Pancholi

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He’s been more famous for controversies than his acting skills. One failed movie and a music video with Jacqueline is all we know about Sooraj. Aditya Pancholi and Zareena Wahab’s son was launched by Salman. Had it not been for them, little would we have known that he’s an actor who was once late Jiah Khan’s boyfriend.

Arjun Kapoor

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Boney Kapoor’s son, Anil Kapoor’s newphew, Sonam Kapoor’s cousin and Arpita Khan Sharma’s ex-boyfriend has made it to the movies so far because of big names. The actor did show some promising signs in 2 States, but he has failed to create an impact. His term at the movies is all rightly credited to his legacy.

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek is unfortunately fortunate to be Amitabh Bachchan’s son. He stunned everyone with Guru where he sort of shrugged away the burden of being Big B’s son. His mother who is also an exceptionally talented actress is another gem in the house. Abhishek Bachchan has survived countless flops and countable hits due to his legacy. May be if we remove the pressure of being a megastar’s son, we’ll get out Guru back.

 Nepotism doesn't always bring you success.