Aamir Khan to launch his son Junaid in films soon?

Aamir Khan will soon be launching his own son in films, it seems. Why? Because he asked him to become an assistant director.

It is being said that it was Aamir Khan's suggestion that his son learns about cinema before he decides to become an actor. So, now, Junaid has become an assistant director to Rajkumar Hirani in his upcoming film Peekay.

It is a tried and tested strategy in Bollywood where the rising son is asked to first become an assistant director and then slowly get himself a big, fat acting debut.

Here are the tried and tested products of the Assistant-director-route-to-Bollywood strategy:

HRITHIK ROSHAN
Assisted papa Rakesh Roshan on the sets of Karan-Arjun and many films, and later his dad launched him. Here's his pic from the sets of Karan-Arjun:

After a series of films where he was the assistant director, Hrithik took over Bollywood like a storm

RANBIR KAPOOR
First became assistant to director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and then bagged a lead role in his film Saawariya

SONAM KAPOOR
Same was the case with Sonam Kapoor who was assistant director to Sanjay leela Bhansali, who then convinced her into acting as lead in mainstream Bollywood

Both Sonam and Ranbir got their dream debut with Saawariya

  

EMRAAN HASHMI
Not many know that Emraan Hashmi has also once been assistant director before entering films as a hero. After that, he's ever looked back
  

ARJUN KAPOOR
Arjun Kapoor has reportedly been an assistant director for many films (even Salman Khan's Wanted) before landing his acting debut

  

Now, along with Junaid, the latest to become assistant director is Anil Kapoor's son Harshvardhan.
He has all the right reasons to repeat the same strategy he played for daughter Sonam.
We wish him all the best.