Manoj Kumar’s son Kunal Goswami suffered no better. Kunal was launched with the one-and-only Sridevi in “Kalaakar”. That bombed. Kunal struggled on for a bit, then quit.
Rajendra Kumar’s son Kumar Gaurav was an overnight superstar with “Love Story”. Subsequently, a string of non-starters like “Star” and “Teri Kasam” wiped Gaurav’s promising career off. Gaurav’s brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt was a rare instance of a star-son who survived.
But what about Joy Mukherjee’s son Boy, and Biswajeet’s son Prosenjit? While Boy vanished after a launch in his early film, Prosenjit made his debut opposite the astonishing Mumtaz in the generation-challenged love story “Aandhiyan”. He’s now a superstar in Bengal.
Among Raj Babbar’s two sons the legitimate Aarya Babbar, and Pratik Babbar who was born out of wedlock, (Smita Patil being his mother) Pratik seems to be doing well for himself for no other reason except that he appears more unpredictable in his acting skills than his elder (step) brother.
Perhaps, stardom has more to do with that quality of unpredictably than dynastic links. Actors from the Kapoor household have been a mixed bag. If everyone from Raj Kapoor’s family could be spurred into stardom, Randhir and Rishi’s youngest brother Rajiv Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor’s two children Karan and Kunal Kapoor wouldn’t have failed so miserably as actors. Anupam and Kirron Kher’s son Sikandar is still struggling to find a place, in spite of Yash Chopra being a family friend.
Poor Mr Chopra if he must sign a chronic struggler, why not his own son Uday?
Rajendra Kumar’s son Kumar Gaurav was an overnight superstar with “Love Story”. Subsequently, a string of non-starters like “Star” and “Teri Kasam” wiped Gaurav’s promising career off. Gaurav’s brother-in-law Sanjay Dutt was a rare instance of a star-son who survived.
But what about Joy Mukherjee’s son Boy, and Biswajeet’s son Prosenjit? While Boy vanished after a launch in his early film, Prosenjit made his debut opposite the astonishing Mumtaz in the generation-challenged love story “Aandhiyan”. He’s now a superstar in Bengal.
Among Raj Babbar’s two sons the legitimate Aarya Babbar, and Pratik Babbar who was born out of wedlock, (Smita Patil being his mother) Pratik seems to be doing well for himself for no other reason except that he appears more unpredictable in his acting skills than his elder (step) brother.
Perhaps, stardom has more to do with that quality of unpredictably than dynastic links. Actors from the Kapoor household have been a mixed bag. If everyone from Raj Kapoor’s family could be spurred into stardom, Randhir and Rishi’s youngest brother Rajiv Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor’s two children Karan and Kunal Kapoor wouldn’t have failed so miserably as actors. Anupam and Kirron Kher’s son Sikandar is still struggling to find a place, in spite of Yash Chopra being a family friend.
Poor Mr Chopra if he must sign a chronic struggler, why not his own son Uday?
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