Harsh Varrdhan on being Anil Kapoor's son on sets: “Don’t really feel like I’ve been treated differently”

After AK vs AK, Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor is once again reuniting with his dad Anil Kapoor in the Netflix film Thar. Though being a star kid, the actor feels he is not treated differently from any other actors on the set.

Harsh Varrdhan made his acting debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s 2016 film, Mirzya. He then appeared in Vikramaditya Motwane’s Bhavesh Joshi Superhero which was released in 2018. Later in 2020, he again collaborated with Vikramaditya for the Netflix film AK vs AK, in which shared the screen with his father Anil, and sister Sonam Kapoor. He was last seen in the Netflix anthology drama series Ray in which he acted in the short story, Spotlight directed by Vasan Bala .

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In a recent interview with Hindustan Times, Harsh Varrdhan revealed how it feels to be superstar Anil Kapoor’s son on a film set. On being asked if he notice any change in the director’s approach towards him, he replied, “The truth is that the directors I’ve worked with couldn’t care less, to be honest. I don’t think (filmmakers) Vikramaditya Motwane, Vasan Bala, and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra really pay attention to that kind of stuff [that I was a superstar’s son]. They’re not starstruck in any way, they’re more kind of just focused and very proud of their work. So, they want to make sure if I’m the leading actor or playing some sort of a role in the film, then it’s going to elevate the film.”

Further, the actor said that he has not done a certain brand of cinema and that people around him will treat him differently. “Moreover, I’ve never done any starry kind of roles, so the atmosphere and ambience on those sets are more like we’re all just students, working together and everybody’s equally passionate to make a film. I’ve never really done that brand of cinema, so I don’t really feel like I’ve been treated differently, I’ve just been any other actor on set.”

Meanwhile, Thar is an upcoming thriller directed by Raj Singh Chaudhary. According to its official synopsis, “Thar follows antique dealer Siddharth ’s journey through a remote village in Rajasthan that has recently been rocked by a series of violent killings. As the local cop Surekha Singh investigates these killings, he crosses paths with Siddharth. Will that encounter be the only one?” Apart from Anil and Harsh Varrdhan, the film also stars Fatima Sana Shaikh, Akshay Oberoi , and Satish Kaushik . The movie is slated to stream on Netflix on May 6.