Published 18:01 IST, October 4th 2019

Janhvi Kapoor excited as she spots Shanaya Kapoor in new role on sets

Janhvi Kapoor was excited as she spotted her cousin sister Shanaya Kapoor in her role of an Assistant Director on the sets of Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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Taking up role of an assistant director has often been first step for aspiring star kids before y venture into acting.  latest to join this list, is Sanjay Kapoor’s daughter Shanaya Kapoor. Learning ropes of filmmaking would t be an easy task, but for Shanaya it could be slightly easier, considering her sister Janhvi Kapoor is present on sets. As Shanaya learns tips and tricks of industry on sets of Gunjan Saxena:  Kargil Girl, Janhvi Kapoor was super delighted.  

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actor shared a snap of Shanaya from sets, where her cousin looks all delighted as an assistant director, be it wearing cap or walkie talkie, and even making some gesture related to her role. Sharing picture on her Instagram stories, Janhvi Kapoor wrote, “OMG Chop Chop Chop”, apparently a term to ask someone to hurry, something that  on set assistant directors use often. Without a doubt, experience on sets will set Shanaya Kapoor in good ste for her future. 

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Kapoor clan 

Anil Kapoor, Boney Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor are sons of Surinder Kapoor, who was a film producer. While Boney followed in footsteps of ir far, Anil and Sanjay ventured into acting. Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam Kapoor was first among ir kids to make her debut, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya opposite Ranbir Kapoor in 2007. This was followed by Boney’s son Arjun Kapoor debuting with Habib Faisal’s Ishaqzae opposite Parineeti Chopra in 2012. Sonam's bror Harshvardhan Kapoor was next to debut, in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirzya in 2016. Boney’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor n me her debut with Shashank Khaitan’s Dhak in 2018. 

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Janhvi’s sister Khushi Kapoor is also venturing into films, and is currently studying filmmaking at New York Film Acemy. At same time, Shanaya Kapoor is also being tipped for a debut. It’d be interesting to see if any of m decides to become a filmmaker inste of an actor, since y are w learning ropes of both roles during ir film education. Incidentally, Shanaya is extremely close to Ananya Panday, daughter of Chunky Panday and Suhana Khan, daughter of Shah Rukh Khan, having been friends since childhood. While Ananya me her debut with Student of Year 2 last year, Suhana is being rumoured to be launched in a big way soon as well. 

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17:52 IST, October 4th 2019