How can someone be so smart yet so dumb sometimes? This is a thought I've had about Saif Ali Khan so much. He seems like a well-educated, intelligent person but then he makes some outrageous statements and makes us question our perception of him. It's really confusing. Of course, like everything else in Bollywood, this is also about nepotism. Saif was actually a first-hand witness of the start of the nepotism debate when Kangana Ranaut called Karan Johar out on his own show Koffee with Karan.

Recently, talking about this with The New Indian Express, he said, "I have no idea what Kangana was saying on Koffee with Karan because I donât think like that. As far as Karan is concerned, he has made himself a large symbol and it seems like heâs attracting a lot of flak for it. The truth is always complicated. Thereâs much more to it but people arenât interested in that. I hope the tide is over and better things shine through."

Next, he did acknowledge how he's a product of nepotism and also talked about how inequality in India is even more complicated. He said, "There is inequality in India that needs to be explored. Nepotism, favouritism and camps are different subjects. Even I have been a victim of nepotism but nobody speaks of that. Iâm happy to see more people from film institutes come to the forefront."

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