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Year-ender 2019: Ananya Panday, Saiee Manjrekar and other stars kids debut prove nepotism will always stay in Bollywood
While Ananya Panday has become the talk of the town since her debut in Student Of The Year 2, Saiee Manjrekar has gone unnoticed yet

Even though Bollywood might not openly accepted it yet, nepotism is an inseparable part of it. Even in the year 2019, many star kids, some related to superstars, while some, just another name, made their debut this year. While most of them went unnoticed, a few managed to be remembered for a longer period of time.

Ananya Panday, daughter of 'Aakhri Pasta' Chunky Panday, made her Bollywood debut with Student Of The Year 2 and has come in people's notice ever since. Akshay Kumar's brother-in-law Karan Kapadia made his debut and even performed on a song with Akki in the movie. Mahesh Manjrekar's daughter Saiee Manjrekar is also the latest introduced face in B-Town. She is seen as Salman Khan's 'true love' in the movie Dabangg 3.

Take a look at some other star kid debuts in 2019:

1. Abhimanyu Dasani - Bhagyashree's son
Within three months, Bhagyashree's son Abhimanyu Dasani made his Bollywood debut with Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota. The movie, also starring Radhika Madan in the lead role, released on March 21 and had average Box Office collections.
 
2. Pranutan Bahl - Mohnish Bahl's daughter
Pranutan made her Bollywood debut alongside Zaheer Iqbal with Notebook. The movie, produced by Salman Khan, released a week after Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota i.e. on March 29.

3. Karan Kapadia - Twinkle Khanna's cousin
Karan Kapadia had nepotism written all over him during the promotions of his debut film Blank. Twinkle Khanna made the announcement of his film, while her husband Akshay Kumar was also part of the movie's song Ali Ali. The movie, starring Sunny Deol in the lead role, released on May 3.

4. Ananya Panday - Chunky Pandey's daughter
Ananya Panday made her Bollywood debut with Student Of The Year 2 and suddenly became a favourite of many. Although the movie, also starring Tiger Shroff and Ananya Panday in lead roles, did not work as expected, Ananya became the IT name. The movie, produced by Karan Johar, also released within a week of Sunny Deol's Blank i.e. on May 10.

5. Meezan Jafferi - Jaaved Jafferey's son
The world got a glimpse of Jaaved Jafferey's son Meezan Jafferi and couldn't stop talking about his dancing skills. He appeared in the movie Malaal.

6. Sharmin Segal - Sanjay Leela Bhansali's niece
Produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Malaal, which released on July 5, also marked Sharmin Segal's debut. Salman Khan was rooting for her prior to her debut.

7. Karan Deol - Sunny Deol's son
Sunny Deol had announced much in advance that he would launch his son Karan Deol. They then released Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, which released on September 20. The movie also marked Sahher Bambba's debut in Bollywood.

8. Vardhan Puri - Amrish Puri's grandson
Vardhan Puri appeared in Yeh Saali Aashiqui alongside Shivaleeka Oberoi. The movie released on November 29.

9. Saiee Manjrekar - Mahesh Manjrekar's daughter
Salman Khan even launched Saiee in his movie Dabangg 3. Directed by Prabhudheva, the movie also stars Sonakshi Sinha and Arbaaz Khan in lead roles.