It’s been some time we saw that video of a play that Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan played Cinderella in. People hailed young Suhana for how beautifully she brought Cinderella to life, with some pointing out how she was getting ready to follow her father into films.
However, Shah Rukh has time and again said that he wanted his children to finish their education before pursuing a career in films.
Now, seems like Suhana has already begun taking lessons in films from her father’s friend, filmmaker Karan Johar.
The 17-year-old was spotted at Karan Johar’s office recently. A source told DNA, “She was at Karan Johar’s office recently and there were professional hair stylists and a make-up person with her. She was styled by a top stylist and shot by an ace photographer.”
Karan has always maintained that he would be a big part of both Shah Rukh’s son Aryan and daughter Suhana’s Bollywood debuts. About Aryan’s debut, KJo had been quoted as saying earlier, “Aryan is my godchild. Currently, he is in Los Angeles and he has four years of university ahead of him. When he comes back, he is going to decide if he wants to be in the movies. And if he does, of course, I will be a big part of it as a director or just as a guiding support. For me, Aryan being launched is like my son being launched. I will be this hyper relative breathing down his neck.”
While there is no word yet on whether or not it will be Karan Johar behind Suhana’s big Bollywood debut, buzz has it that the filmmaker will be involved in a big way. Someone who was present at KJo’s office and saw Suhana there, told DNA, “She was confident in front of the cameras and behaved like a proper young lady, and not the gawky teenager that she was.”
Last year, Shah Rukh said about his kids’ Bollywood debuts, “I am a big believer in education, so they (his kids) have to finish studying first. My son will graduate. He has finished his 12th and he will have four years of college. My daughter is in school, she has two years of school and four years of college. The minimum requirement is to graduate.”
“If they (kids) want to act, I would be very proud as it’s my line of work and we will have something to chat about. When I came here, I got into theatre, did television and then I got into films. I have strangely studied for 10 years before becoming a film star,” the 50-year-old actor said last year.
Shah Rukh told India Today that he needed Suhana to be at least a graduate before stepping into Bollywood, “You need to be minimal qualification of a graduate before you even think of coming and learning any way. Go out, do some theatre, finish your schooling, finish your college, then study for a couple of years about acting. If she gets into the field that I already am in, somewhere, even without wanting, even though I would like to avoid it, the life lessons will permeate on to her through me. And I’ve already done it. Why would you want to learn from something that has been seen, I’ve been there, done that; find something new, go beyond. I’m not saying go beyond me and learn and come back and all only, I don’t think she needs this kind of a shadow over her. So go out.
