Nepotism debate stirs up again, as Karan Johar announces Shanaya Kapoor's Bollywood debut

Shanaya Kapoor; Karan Johar (Pic/Shadab Khan)

There had been speculation, and now it's official. Karan Johar will launch Shanaya Kapoor, daughter of Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor. On Monday, it was announced that the star kid will start shooting for her debut feature in July. Details about the project and the co-actor are under wraps.

As soon as Karan Johar and Shanaya posted the news, it reignited the nepotism debate. "The Karan Johar Rojgar Yojna is back," wrote a social media user. Another took a jibe by posting, "Now, waiting for Khushi Kapoor's debut."

Karan, in association with Cornerstone Agency, recently launched a collaborative space to promote budding talent. The new venture is called DCA. This move has now made Dharma, the second Bollywood production house after Yash Raj Films to have a talent management wing.

"Dcfamily is not talent squad... It jst only celebratory kid family," wrote a user on Karan Johar's post. "Please go to find real talent from real people not just celebrities children Karan 💔😢 your such a great filmmaker and you have an eye for talent, please give the ordinary peoples a chance 💔🙏🏽 I love and respect all your work❤️❤️ I'm sure there's many talented young people who want to work with you as well," a KJo fan wrote, showing concerns.

While one of the users begged to differ. He wrote, "Guys can we please stop hating before we actually see the final product ❤️ What if she turns out amazing and you can't expect her not to have connections because if we had those kinds of connections I know for a fact all of us would take that chance. ❤️❤️ I believe in her and you all should too because it's not right to judge someone off a few pictures"

Though Shanaya is yet to make her Bollywood debut, she has worked as one of the assistants on Janhvi Kapoor's 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' and has also made an appearance on the much-talked-about Netflix series 'Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives'.