Uday Chopra made his acting debut in the notable 2000 musical romantic drama Mohabbatein.
Aditya Chopra said that the audience liked Uday Chopra in comedy roles but the actor himself did not want to work in comedy films.
In Netflix’s latest documentary, The Romantics, ace filmmaker Aditya Chopra opens up on the subject of nepotism. Bollywood For many years, more recently than ever. He agreed that if one is “born in a film family,” it would always be easier for them to “get an audition or a break”. But it stops there. Referring to his brother Uday Chopra’s “not very successful” acting career, Aditya said it was the audience who decided who would be a star irrespective of the person’s “privileged” or ordinary background. He added that YRF has “launched many newcomers,” yet, they could not make Uday Chopra, the son of a brilliant filmmaker, a “star” because in the end, it all depends on audience preference.
“One of the things that people tend to overlook is that not everyone who comes from a privileged background—everyone is successful. I can explain it without mentioning other people. I can explain this only by mentioning my family. My brother is an actor, and he is not a very successful actor,” Aditya Chopra said in the documentary. He added: “He is the son of one of the biggest filmmakers. He is the brother of a very big film producer. Think a company like YRF which has launched so many newcomers, we could not make them stars. Why couldn’t we do it for ourselves? The bottom line is, only an audience will decide ‘I like this person, I want to see this person’. No one else.”
Aditya Chopra further added, “Yes, if you are born in a film family, there is no doubt that getting auditions or breaks can be easy. But it stops there.
During his initial years as an actor, Uday Chopra gave some hit films like the debut film Mohabbatein, Dhoom film series and Meri Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai. However, later on, his films like Pyaar Impossible and Neil ‘n’ Nikki failed to impress the cine-goers and were box office failures.
In the documentary, Uday Chopra also talks about his debut film and the experience of working with big stars Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan. He was told that he would have to work extra hard to make his presence felt and learn to dance in order to become an actor and found it all “so easy”.
“When Dhoom happened, I was still trying to be a mainstream actor. I should have taken Ali as an example and done roles like that,” said Uday Chopra and added that he received several offers after Dhoom but rejected them as he was “trying to find a niche”. Addressing the criticism he received in the light of nepotism, Uday said, “When I started acting, I was very naive. I Thought everyone would like me. I didn’t think people wouldn’t like me.” On being called a “child of nepotism”, he said, “It affected me a lot.”
According to Aditya Chopra, the audience liked Uday in comedy roles but the actor himself did not want to act in comedy films. “They loved him in comedy, but he didn’t want to do comedy. He probably realized on his own that it’s not for me because I’m not getting the kind of success that I want,” the filmmaker he said.
Uday Chopra, who is now a producer, said that he is not looking at acting as a career but as a hobby now.
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