Even as Bollywood is ruled by a troika of 40-year-old superstar heroes (Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan, in case you didn’t get it) there are always new kids on the block, most of them starlings. Here’s a look at the latest we’re set to see in coming months:


Jiah Khan:

By now, many of us have drooled over this 18-year-old stunner, Amitabh Bachchan’s latest heroine in Ram Gopal Varma’s Nishabd.

British-Asian Jiah almost made her debut opposite Emraan Hashmi in Mahesh Bhatt’s Zaroorat when she was 16. However, she was unimpressed with the production, and the film fell through.

But that’s old hat. Now this Chelsea girl is all set for the spotlight with an RGV film opposite the country’s biggest star. Wow

Ranbir Kapoor:

Born into Bollywood’s first family, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh’s son Ranbir is sure creating quite a stir — even before his debut. The actor is set to make a debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next film, Saawariya.

The buzz, however, is that Ranbir has rejected that plum offer for an even bigger one — a Yashraj film directed by Aditya Chopra. While the massive rumours aren’t confirmed, it’s certain that this young man is going to have a very visible debut indeed.


Mimoh:

Talk about an acting pedigree. The 21-year-old Mimoh (birth name: Mohakshay), a kickboxer standing at 6-foot-2, has a tough task ahead of him: Stepping out of the shadows of parents Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali.

There have been rumours about him kicking things off with a Vikram Bhatt film and an as-yet-untitled Dipak Sareen film, but as the smoke clears, it seems Mimoh will burst into action with a Raj Sippy thriller called Jimmy, opposite Pooja Singh (who was in the Thums Up ad with Akshay Kumar, by the way) in September. After that is a G V Prasad film titled He… The Only One, an action remake of Telugu hit Athanokkade hitting theatres in December.