Ishaan Khattar
The 22-year-old son of theatre and TV actress Neelima Azeem, and half-brother of Shahid Kapoor has already earned laurels – the Best Actor Award at the Bosphorus Festival in Istanbul – for his first adult role in Iranian auteur Majid Majidi’s Beyond the Clouds, set in the Mumbai slumsides. As a child actor, he had co-starred with Shahid in Mahesh Manjrekar’s Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi (2005), a feather-light drama that went through the cracks at the box office.
He has also served as an assistant to director Abhishek Chaubey during the filming of Udta Punjab (2016), which featured Shahid Kapoor in an award-winning role.
His upcoming movie is Dhadak,is being produced by star-maker Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, and has commenced shooting in Udaipur. Writer-director Shashank Khaitan, who gave Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt their hit flicks Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014) and its follow-up Badrinath Ki Dulhania earlier this year, has adapted the obstacles-strewn love story from Sairat (2016), the highest grossing Marathi film ever. Intensely dramatic and replete with several departures from the hackneyed formula stuff, here’s a film that promises to pack in an emotional wallop.
Janhvi Kapoor
The 20-year-old daughter of Sridevi and Boney Kapoor teams up with Ishaan in Dhadak. The coming-of-age role of a high-caste girl who elopes with a down-at-heel boy demands a certain complexity, as well as the downplaying of the glamorous quotient mandatory for a debutante. Auspiciously, Janhvi has chosen to take this tough route, although she could have easily been introduced by her father who has a production banner of his own.
Sara Ali Khan
The 23-year-old daughter of Amrita Singh and Saif Ali Khan. Sara was supposed to make her debut with Dharma Productions’ Student of the Year 2. Reportedly, her mother didn’t wish to wait till the film started rolling.
Sara’s debut choice Kedarnath, co-starring Sushant Singh Rajput, has commenced its shoot in the eponymous temple town of north India. The story is believed to revolve around the true-life flash floods in areas close to the Himalayan range. It’s being directed by Abhishek Kapoor, whose career-best films so far have been Rock On!! (2008) and Kai Po Che! (2013).
Ananya Pandey
The 19-year-old daughter of Chunky and Bhavna Pandey. Ananya has been finalized to share screen space with Tiger Shroff in Student of the Year 2.
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