SRK’s friend Viveck Vaswani opens up on nepotism
Amidst the debate around nepotism continuing to divide Bollywood, filmmaker and actor Viveck Vaswani who was responsible to shape
Shah Rukh Khan’s early career shares a refreshingly grounded take. For him, supporting SRK’s children, Aryan and Suhana Khan, isn’t about privilege, but about love, loyalty, and mentorship.
In the midst of a conversation with the media when asked over the ongoing nepotism debate he said: “When he could go out of his way for his friend Shah Rukh, why shouldn’t he (SRK) do the same for his own children? Woh toh dost tha, yeh toh beta hai. He’ll do everything he can for his son. And if he called him and said do anything for Aryan and Suhana, Viveck would do it too.
Acknowledged for his frank, no-nonsense opinions, Viveck defended his friend Shah Rukh Khan’s right to support his children in their creative journeys.
Shah Rukh Khan never wanted to do films he was happy doing serials, it was after his mother’s death he decided.
Viveck blesses them and wish them all the success. He hought Suhana was very good in Archies and also thought Aryan directed ‘The Bads of Bollywood’ very well. He is fully supportive. They’re Shah Rukh’s kids, and he would support them even if it wasn’t that good, like he would my own children. He meant at their age, they are not going to dismiss people. They are going to support them. They will make mistakes. They will grow. They will rise.
Having built Shah Rukh Khan’s foundation through sheer hard work, Viveck Vaswani also said he believes every artist star kid or outsider, must ultimately prove their worth. But he also said that he sees no fault in a father extending a helping hand.
They are friends. Because if he calls him at two in the morning, he will be there. That’s all that matters.
Both Aryan and Suhana Khan have now stepped into the film world following their father’s footsteps and carrying forward the Khan legacy in their own ways. Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana made her much-anticipated debut in Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies which released on OTT and now she will be seen with her father on the big screen in King. The film’s first look was released on November 2 and it marks Suhana’s debut on the silver screen.
While SRK’s eldest son, Aryan Khan has chosen to stay behind the camera, launching his directorial debut series The Bads of Bollywood under Red Chillies Entertainment.
While comparisons with their father are inevitable, both seem determined to carve their individual identities.
News Edit KV Raman
