Young Bollywood star Shanaya Kapoor is turning heads with a new glamorous video offering a sneak peak of her next film directed by Karan Johar.
Johar took to Instagram to reveal that Shanaya will be joining the Dharma Cornerstone Agency (DCA) and will make her acting debut with Dharma Productions.
Kapoor, 21, is the daughter of actors Sanjay Kapoor and Maheep Kapoor and already basking in the celebrity limelight thanks to her background.
While many netizens have welcomed her with open arms and are looking forward to her debut, some people on Twitter are calling her out for benefitting from nepotism.
One user asked how much money Johar will make for giving Kapoor her debut, while another said such opportunities should be given to people with talent instead of celebrities' children.
Some have labelled Kapoor “privileged” and one user commented, “Talent is about how to portray yourself on-screen through various characters, not by adding surnames after your first name and showing maximum skin for photoshoot.”
She should have auditioned with outsiders for a role in Hollywood that would be true struggle for nepo kids... then they would know the pain outsiders go through in Bollywood @KanganaTeam@ishkarnBHANDARIhttps://t.co/BDcu0NIHpS
— khushi (@khushi61301265) March 22, 2021One more nepo-kid is getting launched by kjo🤮@karanjohar has lost all the trust of audiences and he knows it, that's why his comment section is limited🤫#nepokids#nepotism. https://t.co/5Gmm9qdGOU