Mumbai: ‘Bigg Boss 19’ contestant Amaal Mallik, who made headlines for being hypocritic and abusive on the show, has shared that he was never privileged like other star kids and was even thrown out of a studio once.
After emerging as the fourth-runner up on the reality show, Amaal opened up on the challenges he and his brother Armaan faced because of reverse nepotism.
“Whenever I would get nominated, I used to think that my mother would give me one tight slap when I went home, for sharing the family’s history, chemistry, biodata, like naked truth. People were questioning me. I was hearing the nepotism word for years, but it was more reverse nepotism for us. I was working in a studio, and the minute they got to know, I was Daboo Mallik’s son, they threw me out of there. I was just an assistant. So many times, I have lost out on opportunities. I used to take pen drives with film data for Rs 500 conveyance. We never got a silver spoon, and our father was not Anu Malik. He was the successful one; my dad did his few years of successful work, but he never got an invitation, nomination, or position,” Amaal said in an interview with Screen.
“Fortunately or unfortunately, my mom put us in a school where there was Shraddha Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and everyone was going for these things, so we were also made to feel like outsiders in a way,” he added.
Amaal recalled when his grandfather passed away, his father quit his career and asked him to start earning.
Amaal started his career by assisting Raju Singh on TV serials like ‘Miley Jab Hum Tum’ and ‘Sanjeevani’, and earned around Rs 5-10 thousand.
