Kaho Na Pyaar Hai - The debuts that lead to a STAR WAR

Kaho Na Pyaar Hai is remembered by people for its unbeatable music, nice international locations and all the masala for making a movie superhit. Kaho Na Pyaar Hai is also remembered for two debuts as well - Rakesh Roshan's son Hrithik Roshan entered Bollywood with this movie and Economics graduate Amisha Patel also got a Ticket To Bollywood with Kaho Na Pyaar Hai. The movie was a super duper hit and both of the lead actors got many offers & awards after the movie.

Hrithik won Best Actor & Best Debut Filmfare awards for his highly acclaimed performance but surprisingly Amisha Patel could not fetch any awards with this movie but both of them entered super stardom overnight with this movie. Apart from these two Kaho Na Pyaar Hai won many other awards as well including Best Movie, Best Director, Best Choreography, Best Music Director, Best Playback, Best Male Singer and Best Screenplay.

A story of a STAR WAR (CAT FIGHT would be more appropriate) is also associated with the success of this movie. When Hrithik's father Rakesh Roshan was in search for an actress for the movie to launch his son in the Bollywood, they approached Kareena Kapoor who, at that time, was also looking for options to get into the Indian cinema. Another offer Bebo had was of Refugee - opposite Amitabh Bachchan's son Abhishek Bachchan. Amisha is the daughter of Rakesh Roshan's schoolmate whom they had made this offer and she agreed upon.

Looking at these two options, Kareena chose Abhishek's movie Refugee probably thinking that Big B's son would be able to fetch him more fans than Rakesh Roshan's. But when both of the movies released - Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai got overnight success and Refugee failed on the box office. Since then, Kareena Kapoor and Amisha Patel are not good friends and have never been spotted together but Hrithik and Kareena have done many movies together.

While Amisha Patel & Hrithik Roshan's entry into Bollywood can certainly be regarded as debuts of that year but the movie was obviously a career shift for Amisha Patel who is also a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. She also appeared in many commercials on Indian television as well.

Sonakshi Sinha - Debutante Of The Year 2010

If you were to search for the Debutante Of The Year 2010, there would be only one name on your lips seeing the success of Dabangg - Sonakshi Sinha. The beautiful daughter of Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha entered the world of limelight & glamour with the home production company of Arbaaz Khan & family starring opposite Salman Khan. Dabangg was released on the day of Eid in India and measured huge success. As a masala film Dabangg had everything - item song, glamour, action & dialogues.

Though, Sonakshi being a family girl didn't make a glamourous entry, the item song Munni Badnaam Hui went into the hands of Malaika Arora but her dialogue 'Thappad Se Dar Nahin Lagta Sahab, Pyaar Se Lagta Hai' (I'm not afraid of being slapped sir, love is more painful) made her more famous just like 'Khamosh' (Silent) for her father Shatrughan Sinha. Sonakshi appeared in an almost backless blouse in one of the song sequences and avoid exposure in the masala film.

Sonakshi Sinha appeared in songs such as 'Tere Mast Mast Do Nain, Mere Dil Ka Le Gaye Chain' & 'Chori Kiya Re Jiya, Mere Piya' and left her presence noticed though many people have questioned her acting skills. Dabangg's (and Sonakshi Sinha's) success could well be conveyed from the very fact that the movie is being shown for two times in a span of 2 months on the Colors TV channel in India on which Salman Khan is hosting the Bigg Boss show.

It's said that Sonakshi Sinha had quite weight when Arbaaz Khan saw her while he was preparing a base for the film. At that time Arbaaz had told Salman that Shatrughan Sinha's daughter is going to be the Rajo of Dabangg. And the Sinha family also didn't mind making their daughter doing a debut in Bollywood since Dabangg was a family production and Arbaaz approached with his family.

Dabangg gave Sonakshi Sinha a platform and since then she has been featured on magazine covers, ramp shows, photoshoots and national television programs. Sonakshi recently got on the covers of the Maxim magazine. She has got offers for Dabangg 2 (sequel), Joker and Race 2. In every sense Sonakshi Sinha can well be regarded as the Bollywood Debutante Of The Year 2010.