They have acting in their genes. Year 2015 in Bollywood was the year of young star kids Athiya Shetty and Sooraj Pancholi, who made their debut with movie ‘Hero’ directed by Nikhil Advani and produced by Salman Khan.
In year 2016, those who will be making their Bollywood debut are Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher, Diljit Dosanjh, Mahira Khan and Mawra Hocane, Sayesha Saigal, Pooja Hegde and Ayesha Kapoor. Harshvardhan Kapoor, son of veteran actor Anil Kapoor, will be launched by filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in ‘Mirziya’, the story of the Punjabi legends Mirza Sahiban.
Along with Harshvardhan Kapoor, Saiyami Kher will also mark her debut with movie ‘Mirzya’, Saiyami Kher, who was the Kingfisher Calendar model, is the granddaughter of yesteryear performer Usha Kiran, niece of actress Tanvi Azmi and daughter of Uttara Mhatre Kher, who was ex Miss India. Saiyami has also acted in Telugu film ‘Rey’. Versatile Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh will be soon seen opposite actress Kareena Kapoor.He will be making his debut in Abhishek Chaubey’s thriller ‘Udta Punjab’.
In the movie, Diljit will be seen playing the role of a policeman opposite to Kareena Kapoor. The film also stars Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor in lead role. The film is slated to be released in June 2016. Pakistani beauties Mahira Khan and Mawra Hocane will also make their first appearance in Bollywood. Mahira Khan will make her debut opposite Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan in Rahul Dholakia’s ‘Raees’. Mahira is best known for her role in a TV serial called ‘Hamsafar’ opposite to hot shot Fawad Khan.
In ‘Raees’, Shah Rukh will play an underworld don and Mahira Khan will play his wife. ‘Raees’ also includes Nawazuddin Siddiqui who is playing an important role in the movie and is set to hit the theaters in July 2016. Mawra Hocane is making her entry in Bollywood with Vinay Sapru in Radhika Rao’s motion picture ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’.
The trailer of the film has already launched. ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’ is a revamp of the 1982 hit featuring Kamal Haasan and Reena Roy. Sayesha Saigal, who is the niece of veteran actors Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, is a Kathak and Latino artist and she will be seen opposite to action hero Ajay Devgn in ‘Shivaay’. ‘Shivaay’ will release on Diwali 2016 and is a high octane activity dramatization film. After working in Tamil, Telugu movies, the second runner-up at the Miss Universe India 2010, Pooja Hegde, is also going to make her Bollywood debut.
Pooja has bagged a lead role in Ashutosh Guwariker’s next, Mohenjo-Daro opposite to Hrithik Roshan. The film is planned to release on August 12 next year. From director Sanjay Leela Bhansali most critically acclaimed movie Black, budding actress Ayesha Kapoor, who at age 11 played the more youthful form of Rani Mukerji is doing her first film as a lead on-screen character in executive Shekhar Kapur’s ‘Paani’ in which she will be seen romancing actor Sushant Singh Rajput. The film is a modern Romeo and Juliet story set in Mumbai. (Agencies)