singer vijay yesudas who completed 20 years in the film industry this year has his fair share of highs and lows with bollywood actor sushant singh rajputs death opening up a pandoras box we asked the artiste about his take on the nepotism debate in the music industry be it singing acting it or in any profession if you have a father figure it makes it easier but that doesnt mean its wrong as long as its done to encourage the other person says vijay i think any parent would feel like its their duty to set their children up nicely its not done to hurt anyone else but the downside is that sometimes another person ends up losing his or her chance if its done deliberately then its wrong so theres always that grey area on how nepotism worksask him if the son of legendary singer kj yesudas made it easier for him when he entered the industry in 2000 and vijay says i dont think there are a lot of other cases like mine i wasnt even given an introduction i used to go to music directors and say i was yesudas son but that didnt mean they would give me 10 songs or hand me the main track of the film they tried my voice and the tracks got released because they were happy with my singing even after years of experience there have been so many instances when the music directors thought it would be better if someone else sang it after i rendered the tracks and opted for others insteaddoes it mean that the journey has never gotten easier even after two decades in the industry it should never be he says i shouldnt complain but at the same time it gets frustrating at 20 years you would expect to be better off in all aspects including financially but thats not the case the big reason is that as musicians we are all so dependent on the film industry during the pandemic a lot of people have been able to release their own stuff and launch their youtube channels including myself i think that needs to happen in a bigger way if the music industry has to stand on its own that will open up a world of opportunities and help musicians too now i am starting to focus on independent music and creating my own stuff