My brother Harshvardhan will be the biggest star: Sonam Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor began her Bollywood journey almost eight years ago. Cut to 2016 and it will be her baby brother Harshvardhan Kapoor’s turn to take the leap with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirziya. Here, the doting sister talks about  Harsh and why she thinks he has the potential to become the biggest star…

Harsh is all set to make is big debut next year. Your thoughts?
He’s a couple of years younger than me. He is very good looking. He listens to me, he’s scared of me (laughs). They say hard work is the only thing that can get you anywhere in life. But in Bollywood, hard work and luck — both are needed. So my brother is ridiculously hard-working. He takes it to another level. He’s mad when it comes to prepping and working for his projects. If he is lucky, he will also become the biggest star in the country.

I have been working for eight years and I have never seen anyone who works as hard as Harsh. He’s very much into the craft of acting and making films that are relevant. He did the film by himself. He met Rakeysh on the sets of Delhi-6 but despite Rakeysh being a family friend, he’s managed to get Mirziya on his own. I think it will be brilliant. I am not saying because I am his sister but yes, obviously there’s a little bias.

Will you be doing a cameo in Mirziya?
No I’m not. I just went to Leh to meet him for two days. He was in Nubra and I was in Leh on a holiday. So he told me, ‘Why don’t you just drive down to see me?’ So I just drove down to see him. Rakeysh has made four films and I have been part of two. And my brother is doing his fifth film. So I went to see Mehra on the sets.

Does he discuss his films with you?
Yeah, he discusses everything with me. From what’s happening in his life to his films, we talk about it all.

Do you discuss everything with him?
Yes, my family discusses everything with each other. We have an over-sharing disease in our family. There’s nothing we don’t share with each other.