Talking about nepotism, Javed Akhtar said, "Inheritance cannot be called nepotism." He added, "I think people are confusing inheritance with nepotism. In...film industry, nepotism isn't possible because ultimately, the person who's buying...ticket...is the voter and that cannot be rigged." Javed further said, "Maybe somebody born in a film family has a foot in the door, but that's about all."