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Most promising Bollywood newcomers of 2015

Subhash K. Jha picks the most promising newcomers of 2015

Jennifer Winget
Television’s lead from Saraswatichandra is now director-turned-actor Kunal Kohli’s leading lady in Phir Se. We haven’t really had a major television actress break into cinema since Vidya Balan. Jenny may make the leap. Says Kunal, “We chose Jennifer because she possesses that spark.”


Sooraj Pancholi
All set to make his debut in the remake of Subhash Ghai’s Hero, this debutant, a chip off the old block, is expected to take the nation and its favourite holiday destination by storm. According to Nikhil Advani the director of the Hero remake, “Sooraj doesn’t act. He does exactly what one would expect a person to do in real life: React. All that that he has gone through in real life has helped him evolve as an actor.” Not signing another film until the release of Hero is a sign of Sooraj’s maturity.


Harshvardhan Kapoor

Anil Kapoor’s son is intense and completely focussed on his character of the legendary lover Mirza in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirziya. “He was Sonam’s kid-brother,to begin with. Harsh used to hang around when Sonam was shooting for Delhi 6. I knew there was something there. My hunch was right. He has the uni-focussed passionate intensity of an actor who lives with his character.”


Mahira Khan
The graceful Pakistani actress last seen emoting gently in the serial Humsafar with Fawad Khan, gets a dream break. A film titled Raees opposite Shah Rukh Khan, no less. From Divya Bharti in Deewaana to Deepika Padukone in Om Shanti Om, Shah Rukh has always proved lucky for debutante heroines. Mahira’s ‘raees’ to the top has begun.


Sapna Pabbi
After playing Anil Kapoor’s daughter in the serial 24 Sapna immediately bagged the Bhatts’ Khamoshiyan. Says Anil, “She is a very talented girl. I am sure she’ll go far.”

Honorary mentions would be Akshara Haasan, Kamal Haasan’s daughter, TV star Gurmeet Chaudhary, Tanvi Azmi’s neice Sayami Kher, Bengali actress Swastika Mukherjee and Suneil Shetty’s daughter Aathiya Shetty.

( Source : dc )
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