When one sister joins films, the other likes to follow the suit.
However, in Bollywood, the sister act has made it presence felt on the silver screen.
Not just star siblings like Kareena Kapoor, the Gen Y brigade is also in the sister act. Just stay with us for more star sisters, those are already sizzling in Bollywood or approaching to arrive finally.
What inspires the sibling sisters to get into movies? Analysts say it is nothing but the glamour. The former and current star sisters include Shilpa and Shamita Shetty. Malaika Arora's sister Amrita Arora has made her own identity. She is the actress of 'Girlfriend'. It does not matter, whether she is Malaika's sister or not. Bollywood's new found hot stuff is now soaring high. Moon Moon Sen is their mother, and their grandmother is none but the great actress Suchitra Sen of 'Aandhi' fame. When Riya Sen came into the showbiz, sister Raima couldn't keep her away for long. Namrata Shirodkar got rave reviews after playing the role of a journalist in 'Charas'. And above all, the gossip mills never stop making buzz about the sultry star. Namrata is actress Shilpa Shirodkar's younger sister, and now she is in great demand. 'Shshsh….', Tanisha debuted at last with a romantic thriller. Tanisha is Kajol's sister. There is an untimely pause in Kajol's filmy career, but Tanisha has started her career in due time, may be she is struggling now, but she is not totally out of rage. In case of 'filmy families', when younger sister gets into the movies following her elder's footsteps, two reasons work behind that. One is following the family profession and second one is of course the glamour. Twinkle and Rinkie Khanna, are such two sisters. Twinkle plays now Akshay Kumar's wife in real life. Whereas Rinkie concentrates on her reel career. Farah, the sizzling actress of 80's is no longer in Bollywood showbiz. Farah's sister Tabu now contends for becoming the No. 1 in the industry. Nobody calls her as Farah's sister. Rather people starts calling Farah as Tabu's sister. What a jerk! There are some new kids on the block. Gen Y brigade of sibling sisters will have Esha Deol's younger sister Ahana very soon. Ahana has mother Hema Malini and of course sister Esha to groom her at home. Needless to say she will follow the family tradition of acting. Actress Sameera Reddy's younger sibling Meghna has made a name for her self on the international ramp. At the time, she seems to be non-filmy but she is a strong contender for this position. She met Ram Gopal Varma, Sudhir Mishra, Pooja Bhatt and she has auditioned for Hollywood films, too. Bipasha Basu's look-alike and name-alike sister Bidisha is approaching to make her tinsel debut. Can we expect another film like 'Jism'? God knows, what bomb, she is going to blast! Mahima Chaudhary's year younger sister Akanksha is gearing up for the camera. Now she is writing the script of a romantic comedy with Mahima as the protagonist.
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