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Debutants to look forward to this year

Every year many faces are seen in Bollywood films. Some of them leave a mark with their performances, and some of them are in the news as they are star kids. Last year, we had actors like Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday, Pranutan Bahl, and others who made their Bollywood debut and impressed us with their performances.

Today, let’s look at the list of actors who will be making their Bollywood debut this year…


Alaya Furniturewala

Pooja Bedi’s daughter Alaya Furniturewala is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Saif Ali Khan starrer Jawaani Jaaneman. Recently, the trailer of the film was released and Alaya surely looks promising in it.

Aadil Khan and Sadia

Vidhu Vinod Chopra is all set to introduce us to two new faces this year in his movie Shikara. It will mark the debut of Aadil Khan and Sadia. The trailer of Shikara was released recently and Aadil and Sadia both were fantastic in it.

Sanjana Sanghi

Sanjana Sanghi was supposed to make her Bollywood debut last year, but unfortunately, her film Dil Bechara has been getting postponed. The film is now slated to release in May this year (hopefully it will release). Dil Bechara is a remake of Hollywood film The Fault In Our Stars.

Krystle D’Souza

Last year, television actresses Ankita Lokhande and Mrunal Thakur made their Bollywood debut, and this year we have Krystle D’Souza entering the B-Town. She will be seen in Chehre which also stars Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi. It is surely a big debut for Krystle.

Pranitha Subhash

After making a mark in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films, Pranitha Subhash is all set to make her Bollywood debut with not one but two films this year, Bhuj: The Pride of India and Hungama 2. Interestingly, both the films are slated to release on the same, 14th August 2020.

Manushi Chhillar

Following the footsteps of all the former Indian Miss Worlds, Manushi Chhillar is all set to make her big-screen debut this year. She will be seen in YRF’s Prithviraj which stars Akshay Kumar as the male lead. A biopic in king Prithviraj Chauhan, Manushi plays the role of the King’s wife Samyukta in the film.

Keerthy Suresh

Last year Keerthy Suresh won a National Award for her performance in Telugu film Mahanati, and this year she is now all set to make her Bollywood debut with the film Maidan opposite Ajay Devgn. Directed by Amit Sharma, the film is slated to release in November this year.

Shalini Pandey

Shalini Pandey impressed one and all with her performance in the Telugu film Arjun Reddy. She is now all set to make her Bollywood debut this year with Jayeshbhai Jordaar opposite Ranveer Singh. Well, we are super excited to watch Shalini in a Bollywood film.

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