"How Can You Compare Race Horses to Artists" Kangana to Saif Ali Khan in An Open letter

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Saif Ali Khan compared star kids to race horses in an open letter defending his stance on nepotism and a day later actress Kangana Ranaut slammed the comparison in her own open letter, which was published on Saturday in mid-day.

 Kangana, who is recuperating from a head injury she sustained while filming Manikarnika: Rani Of Jhansi, said she came across several articles discussing nepotism - the debate resurfaced at an award show recently - and she did find some of them 'disturbing' (and, Saif Ali Khan's open letter was one of them). 

"I fail to understand how you can compare genetically hybrid racehorses to artistes! Are you implying that artistic skills, hard-work, experience, concentration spans, enthusiasm, eagerness, discipline and love, can be inherited through family genes? If your point was true, I would be a farmer back home.

So far, I believe that the human race hasn't found the DNA that can pass on greatness and excellence. If it had, we would've loved to repeat the greatness of Einstein, Da Vinci, Shakespeare, Vivekananda, Stephen Hawking, Terence Tao, Daniel Day-Lewis, or Gerhard Richter." 

 Saif Ali Khan also said that media and public's interest in celebrities' children is one of the reasons for nepotism to exist in Bollywood. He wrote: "The real 'flagbearer of nepotism' (the term originally used by Kangana Ranaut for Karan Johar on his chat show Koffee With Karan), I'd say is the media. 

They photograph them (star kids) and hype them up to be the next big thing and the child has no choice." Of the 'media-created hype' around star kids, Kangana said: "You are absolutely right - there is a lot of excitement and admiration for the lives of the rich and famous. 

The world is not an ideal place, and it might never be. That is why we have the industry of arts. In a way, we are the flagbearers of hope."

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