New Delhi: Bollywood is ready to welcome another Kapoor to take entry in film industry and it’s none other than Sanjay Kapoor’s daughter Shanaya Kapoor. However, unlike her cousins Sonam, Arjun and Janhvi, Shanaya is not debuting as an actress.
Sanjay and Maheep revealed in separate Instagram posts that Shanaya Kapoor has been hired as assistant director in an upcoming project, for which filming has started in city of Nawabs Lucknow.
Sanjay and Maheep did not shared details of the project but wished their daughter luck. “All the best Shanaya #newbeginnings #newjourney,” Sanjay wrote on Instagram.
Sonam’s cousin Shanaya Kapoor to make Bollywood debut with Lucknow:
While Maheep posted throwback photos of Shanaya and captioned it: “My baby’s gone to Lucknow for two weeks #MissYouAlready #AssistantDirectorsLife #LoveYou #ProudMama.”
Shanaya is the elder of Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor’s two children. Her brother Jahaan is 13-years-old. Earlier, Sanjay Kapoor said in several interviews that his daughter is working towards making a career in Bollywood but he never specified if she wanted to be an actress.
Shanaya’s cousin Sonam Kapoor also started her career as an assistant director. She worked behind the cameras with Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Black. She was launched by Mr Bhansali in 2007’s Saawariya. Arjun Kapoor also assisted Nikhil Advani for Kal Ho Naa Ho and Salaam-e-Ishq before he debuted in 2012’s Ishaqzaade.
