BREAKOUT!

CINEMA IS A DYNAMIC MEDIUM, FUELLED BY CHANGE, CREATIVITY AND OF COURSE DREAMS. WHILE THERE ARE A MILLION ASPIRANTS, JUST A HANDFUL MAKE IT TO THE MARQUEE, EVEN AS BOTH THE HOPEFULS AND THE HOPELESS WATCH FROM THE ANVIL. IN TIMES, WHERE FILMS HAVE BECOME A FAMILY ENDEAVOUR, STARKIDS DO HAVE AN EDGE – IN TERMS OF THE ACCESS AND THE ATTENTION THEY ENJOY. BUT THEY ALSO FACE THE HAZARD OF BEING AS QUICKLY DISMISSED AS THEY’RE EMBRACED. BECAUSE IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE STAKES RUN HIGH AND FORTUNES OVERTURN EVERY FRIDAY, THE LIFELINE IS ONLY TALENT. HERE WE LIST DOWN SOME STRIKING NEWBIES MAKING INROADS INTO B-TOWN, SOME INSIDERS, SOME OUTSIDERS… BUT ALL CONSUMED BY THEIR LOVE FOR THE CAMERA…

SIDDHANT CHATURVEDI

His smirk and self-assurance in belied that of a newcomer. Siddhant Chaturvedi, as MC Sher, was the perfect foil to Murad’s (Ranveer Singh) torment, scene to scene, rap to rap. Hailing from small-town Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, Siddhant’s family shifted to Mumbai. Here, he studied Chartered Accountancy and dabbled in theatre. The artiste in him finally chose art over commerce after he won the Bombay Times’ National Talent in 2012. A few commercials later, Luv Ranjan’s sitcom (2016), a comedy series, won Siddhant notice. The web(2017), where he played a fast bowler from UP, upped his score further. When Zoya Akhtar called him for auditions for he impressed the director not just with his craft but also with his creativity – he recited a poem written by him. He’s the latest addition in Yash Raj Films’ sequel to . His will also be the Hindi voice of global heartthrob, Chris Hemsworth, in the American sci-fi comedy From a boy to the global gazebo… this is a massive leap.