Shanaya Kapoor gets mixed responses from netizens for first ad film

By - Team Mid Day

SEPTEMBER 02,2021

Shanaya Kapoor is gearing up for her big Bollywood debut. Shanaya will make her debut in Bollywood in an untitled film from Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. She will be cast opposite actors Gurfateh Pirzada and Laksh Lalwani in the lead role. The untitled film is said to be a romantic comedy with a love triangle, and has Shashank Khaitan as director.

Before we see her perform on the big screen, it's time for viewers to watch her on the small one. Johar has shared on his Instagram account Kapoor's maiden ad film and it has garnered mixed response from netizens. A user wrote- 'She is talented young actress.' Another one commented- 'Not good.' One more user stated- 'Haha cute ad, Shanaya Kapoor looking beautiful.' And someone just said- 'Nepotism.'

Before her debut film, Shanaya worked as an assistant director on the Jhanvi Kapoor-starrer "Gunjan Saxena" to understand filmmaking and how film sets function. Her father Sanjay Kapoor has lately been a regular on the digital space, he was seen in seen in "Lust Stories", "The Gone Game" and "The Last Hour", and has "Finding Anamika" coming up. Shanaya picks her favourite from her father's recent works. "In my opinion, one of my favourites of my father is Lust Stories. The character my father played had layers, and I think it was cracked extremely well!" she says.