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Prashant Neel's brother-in-law is Dr Rajkumar's nephew(Srimurali). Prashant Neel came to the industry by directing him in a movie called Ugramm. If we are going to take count, Hollywood has the biggest number of star kids. I'll give a few famous examples.

  • Angelina Jolie - Jon Voight
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - Cecil Day-Lewis(poet),Jill Bacon(actress)
  • Dakota Johnson - Melanie Griffith,Don Johnson
  • Bryce Dallas Howard - Ron Howard
  • Maya Hawke(Stranger Things) - Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurmaniants and Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Jeff Bridges,Beau Bridges - Lloyd Bridges
  • Nicholas Cage - Francis Ford Coppola(nephew)
  • Kevin Bacon - Edmund Bacon(very influential bureaucrat)
  • Tom Hardy - Chips Hardy(screenwriter)
  • Colin Hanks - Tom Hanks
  • Rooney Mara,Kate Mara - Their family found Newyork Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Zoe Kravitz - Lenny Kravitz,Lisa Bonet
  • Maya Hawke(Stranger Things) - Ethan Hawke,Uma Thurman
  • Maude Apatow(Euphoria) - Judd Apatow
  • John David Washington - Denzel Washington
  • Tom Holland - Dominic Holland(BBC)
  • Jamie Lee Curtis - Tom Curtis, Janet Leigh
  • Drew Barrymore - Barrymore family
  • Ben Stiller - Jerry Stiller
  • All the Baldwin brothers - Alec Baldwin
  • Jennifer Aniston - John Aniston (TV actor)
  • Jessica Capshaw(Grey's Anatomy) - Steven Spielberg
  • Laura Dern - Diane Ladd
  • Chris Pine - Robert Pine
  • Lily Collins - Phil Collins
  • Kiefer Sutherland - Donal Sutherland
  • Entire Skarsgard brothers - Stellan Skarsgard
  • Miley Cyrus - Billie Ray Cyrus
  • Liv Taylor - Steven Taylor
  • Scott Eastwood - Clint Eastwood

...and the list goes on. For generations, this has been a thing in Hollywood and still, new actors are finding roles there. It is also a common thing for parents to expect their children to continue their line of work. The doctor wants their kid to be a doctor, bureaucrat wants their son to be a bureaucrat. The good thing about the film industry is, unlike a doctor they don't need to overcome an academic hurdle. A doctor cannot make their kid a doctor with 'connections' alone. It is perfectly fine too. But the problem with Bollywood is a large number of them are strictly mediocre or worse. Most actors mentioned in the above list from Hollywood have proven their mettle in the industry even though their influential families helped them initially. I'm sure Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Douglas or Jeff Bridges won't be remembered for their famous parents. But in Bollywood, except maybe Hritik that's absolutely not the case. And they consciously block new entrants in the industry and sabotage their careers. That is a problem.

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