Alaya F breaks her silence on nepotism; says, “I don’t count myself as a fully nepo baby” : Bollywood News

In the 2020 film Jawaani Jaaneman, starring Saif Ali Khan and Tabu, Alaya made her acting debut. Since then, she has appeared in films like Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat (2023) and Freddy with Kartik Aaryan (2022). Alaya claimed in a recent interview that while she did come from privilege, she does not count herself as a “fully nepo baby.”

Alaya F breaks her silence on nepotism; says, “I don’t count myself as a fully nepo baby”

Alaya F told The Indian Express, “I don’t count myself as a fully nepo baby, because you need to understand there are different levels in that. My mother was done with the industry; she had quit acting before I was born. I have not grown up among industry parties, that’s not been my life. So sometimes it does get frustrating because there are levels of nepotism.”

She further added, “At the end of the day, I do come from privilege and that’s half of someone else’s journey. It does get me into rooms, but it doesn’t really guarantee me movies. But reaching there is the hardest part. While I won’t deny the access, it’s the merit that takes one ahead. You may agree or disagree, I am a nepo baby but it’s unfair to base everything I do to put it on where I come from. I have tried so hard to do much more and continuously do good work.”

Alaya F is the daughter of Pooja Bedi, a former Bollywood actress, and Farhan Furniturewala. Alaya F will be next seen in Indian industrialist Srikanth Bolla’s biopic SRI opposite Rajkummar Rao. She also has signed U-Turn.

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