Ishaan Khatter has been in the limelight even before his official arrival into the world of cinema. The newly-minted actor marked his entry into the film industry with Iranian director Majid Majidi’s Beyond the Clouds.
Filmmaker and producer Karan Johar has also roped in him opposite Jhanvi Kapoor for his next production Dhadak. However, Twitter wasn’t much happy on the announcement of the film and held Johar guilty of “nepotism” for casting star kids yet again.
Ishaan, who was in Goa for the South Asian premiere of Beyond the Clouds at the ongoing International Film Festival of India, had to face a somewhat similar situation when a reporter asked him, “Being a star’s son, what made you choose this film as your first film. Usually they (star kids) go with a Bollywood way with big launch but you have gone with Majid’s film which is the kind of movie we usually do not see star’s son or daughter getting launched in.”
Without mincing his words, Ishaan replied, “Would you mind if I ask you a question myself? Would you define star’s son for me?”
He then went to say, “Honestly, it wasn’t much of a decision to make because an opportunity like this seldom comes to an actor. Casting director Honey Trehan called me in and I had an opportunity to meet Majid Majidi and have a small conversation with him and after that it was not much of a decision to make for me because I’m a huge fan of cinema and I’m absolutely a huge admirer of his films. I just wanted to be a part of good films. It was not a very calculated or thought out process. It was instinctive.”
Beyond the Clouds also marks international debut of Malayalam actress Malavika Mohanan.
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