Your surname can help you get your first break in showbiz, but one should never forget that the audience is the real kingmaker who decides how far one goes from that starting point. There is a long list of star-children in Bollywood, who could easily enter the filmdom using their influential parents’ surnames. But how many of them could reach the apogee of stardom? How many of them could scale the same heights as their parents did in their heyday?
In recent years, Mustafa Burmawalla is perhaps one of the best examples of a star-kid failing to live up to high expectations of the audience. Mustafa is the son of Abbas Burmawalla from the famous filmmaker duo Abbas-Mustan. The young actor made his acting debut romantic thriller Machine in 2017. Despite being directed by Abbas-Mustan, the movie fell flat at the box-office. It was such a huge disaster that Mustafa struggled a lot to get work after its release.
But after two years since the release of Machine, he is set to start afresh with Sarim Momin’s forthcoming film Khabees. Mohaan Nadaar is bankrolling the film. Just like his debut vehicle, the next film of Mustafa is also in thriller space. Besides him, Siddhant Kapoor and Tanishaa Mukerji also play important characters in it.
Khabees will mark the silver screen comeback of not only Mustafa but actress Tanisha also. The daughter of veteran actress Tanuja and sister of Kajol, Tanisha was last seen in biographical film Anna in 2016. Siddhant was last seen in Bombairiya (2019), a film not many people know about.
Mustafa Burmawalla took to social media to share the first poster of Khabees. In the poster, we can see silhouettes of a group of musicians performing, along with a guitar motif. The film is expected to begin production soon. More details are awaited.
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