Pakistani actress Momal Sheikh, who made her acting debut with Sonam Kapoorthe 2016 movie Happy part Jayegi, She has compared her family’s influence in Pakistani showbiz to that of the famous Bollywood actress. Kapoor familyDuring a recent interview On After Hours with Ushna Shah, Momal highlighted how several members of her family have found fame and success, just like the Kapoors, cementing their place in the industry. Read also: Pakistani actor Javed Sheikh simply wanted… ₹1 for the role of Om Shanti Om
‘We are the Sheikh family of Lollywood’
When Ushna said “you guys are the closest we have to the Kapoors,” Momal said while explaining her family tree, “Yes, I guess, if you include the families of uncles Behroze and Saleem, we are the Kapoors of Pakistan… We are the Sheikhs and uncle Behroze is Sabzwari. He is my phuppa (uncle) as he is married to Safeena phuppo (aunt), who is my father’s sister. Salim chacha (uncle) and baba (my father) are brothers, of course, and like the Kapoors, we are the Sheikh family of Lollywood.”
‘Baba doesn’t make any phone calls for me’
Momal also added that her father and brother “don’t behave like the Kapoors” and there is no nepotism as they don’t make any appeals for her to get a job. She added that she is not that strict about making herself, but her father insisted that she look for work on her own.
Momal said, “Baba doesn’t make any phone calls for me. The point is that Kapoors bolte hain na ‘Kapoors hai hum’, ‘nepo-nepo’, toh hume koi phone call karke kaam nahi milta hai, literally (The Kapoors keep saying ‘We are the Kapoors’, but here that doesn’t work). I would use it (his surname) but it doesn’t work. I did (scold his father) but he has a way, and Shahzad also has a way but mine is not like that, I don’t understand it and I don’t even find myself (My father and brother have their own way and I don’t really understand it and I don’t get any work because of them).”
More about Momal
Momal Sheikh is the daughter of veteran Pakistani actor Javed Sheikh, known for working in Bollywood films like Om Shanti OmMy name is Anthony Gonsalves and Namastey London, among others, and Zinat Mangi.
Momal is the sister of popular Pakistani television actor Shahzad Sheikh; she is also the niece of veteran Pakistani actors Behroze Sabzwari and Saleem Sheikh. Additionally, Pakistani actor and model Shehroz Sabzwari is her cousin. Momal is married to businessman Nader Nawaz: they have a son and also a daughter, who was born in 2020.
More about the Kapoor family
The Kapoors are the most famous family in Hindi cinema, with five generations of directors, theatre artists and film actors. They span nearly eighty years of Indian film production, from the 1920s to the present day. They are also related to other prominent film families.
Surinder Kapoor, Bollywood producer and father of actors Anil, Boney and Sanjay Kapoor, was Prithviraj Kapoorcousin of Kareena KapoorRaj Kapoor’s marriage to Saif Ali Khan has linked the Kapoors to the Pataudis, and Shweta Bachchan’s mother-in-law was Raj Kapoor’s daughter, the late Ritu Nanda. Ranbir Kapoor with his wife, actress Alia Bhatt, as well as Neetu Kapoor are other members of the famous Bollywood family.
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