Karan Johar shared a series of stunning pictures of Shanaya Kapoor, daughter of Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor as he made her launch official. The filmmaker announced that she will be kickstarting the shoot of her first film in July. He wrote, ‘“It’s going to be an unforgettable and exciting journey that begins with your first film with @DharmaMovies, this July.”
It was not long ago that director Karan Johar was accused of being the flag-bearer of nepotism in Bollywood. Star-kids or not, the filmmaker has provided launch pads for many talented actors through his films. Today, he announced that he is all set to introduce actor Sanjay Kapoor’s daughter Shanaya Kapoor soon.
While this, we take a look at some other star kids like Alia Bhatt, Janhvi Kapoor, and others who the ace filmmaker has introduced in Bollywood.
Shanaya recently worked as an assistant director (AD) in Janhvi Kapoor starrer ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’. The film also starred Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi in key roles.
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Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt made her big Bollywood debut with ‘Student of The Year’ in 2012 along with Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra. The actress received positive reviews for her first film from the audience and the critics alike.
Today, she has undoubtedly grown leaps and bounds as an actor. She has won accolades for her performances in films like, ‘Highway’, ‘Udta Punjab’, ‘Raazi’ and others.
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Varun Dhawan
After working as an assistant director with Karan Johar in ‘My Name is Khan’, Varun Dhawan made his entry into showbiz with ‘Student Of The Year’. He starred along with Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra in the film.
Ever since then there has been no looking back for the actor. He has proved his versatility with his choices of films and performances beyond doubt. He has films like, ‘Badlapur’, ‘ABCD 2’, ‘Dilwale’ and others to his credit.
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Ananya Panday
made her dream debut with Karan Johar’s ‘Student Of The Year 2’ along with debutant Tara Sutaria. The film also starred Tiger Shroff in the lead role. The young diva received positive reviews for her performance in the movie.
Ananya went on to do movies like, ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’ and ‘Khaali Peeli’. She next has a line-up of some interesting films like her pan-India movie ‘Liger’ opposite Vijay Deverakonda and Shakun Batra’s untitled film co-starring Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi.
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Janhvi Kapoor
Sridevi and Boney Kapoor’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor was launched by Karan Johar in the official Hindi remake of the super hit Marathi film, ‘Sairat’. Titled ‘Dhadak’, the film starred Janhvi and Shahid Kapoor’s brother Ishaan Khatter in lead roles. They received appreciation for their on-screen chemistry and performances.
Janhvi has films like ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’ and ‘Roohi’ to her credit. She currently has her kitty full with films like, ‘Good Luck Jerry’ and ‘Dostana 2’
