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Alizeh Agnihotri: It’s hard to create your identity
Updated On: 25 November, 2023 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Debuting with Farrey, Alizeh on dropping last name to shed baggage of being Salman’s niece and the price of belonging to legacy family
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One of the first things told to us about Alizeh, by her PR team, is that she doesn’t use her last name. Producer-actor Atul Agnihotri’s daughter and Salman Khan’s niece is actively doing her bit to shed the baggage of legacy. As her maiden film Farrey hit cinemas yesterday, she wants the audience to know her as Alizeh, a debutant actor. That’s it. “It’s hard to create your identity. I have a sense of individuality, but the world sees you through a prism of what they believe you are about.
Journalists come to talk to me, and they ask about my family. I’ve realised you need to scream very loud in order to be heard, when you are associated with legacy,” she says. At the same time, in the industry that is often accused of being nepotistic, Alizeh is aware that her privileges outweigh the problem of perception. “The disadvantages are hardly a big deal in the larger scheme of things. I will hopefully do a few films, prove myself, and people will start seeing me for me.”
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