It's been raining debutantes all year long and we look at the ones that have made the biggest splash!
The new girl on the YRF block is Vaani Kapoor, who makes her debut in 'Shuddh Desi Romance' alongside Parineeti Chopra and Sushant Singh Rajput. Vaani plays the role of Tara, a character the trailer describes as a free spirit. Will she go far? Only time will tell!
Producer Kumar Taurani's son Girish Kumar is making his Bollywood debut with 'Ramaiya Vastavaiya' opposite Shruti Haasan. The romantic drama, directed by Prabhudheva, releases on July 19, 2013.
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Sasheh Aagha made her Bollywood debut with YRF's 'Aurangzeb' opposite Arjun Kapoor. The petite beauty, who is the daughter of legendary singer Salma Aagha, also sung the peppy party number 'Barbaadiyan' in the movie.
Dev Goel starred in the rom-com 'Hum Hain Raahi Car Ke', oppsite Adah Sharma. However, neither his performance nor the movie managed to make much of a splash at the box office
Lalit Modi's niece Jayati starred as a snooty teen in Karan Johar's 'Gippi'.
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Actress Pooja Salvi made her Bollywood debut opposite Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunaal Roy Kapoor in the film 'Nautanki Saala'. The actress has earlier modeled for TV and ad brands like Cadbury, Tata Sky among others.
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Also making her debut with 'Nautanki Saala' was Gaelyn Mendonca. The St. Xavier's College hottie has earlier worked as a VJ with MTV India, hosting a number of shows for the channel. The winner of the NDTV Anchor Hunt hosted the show Cool Quotient on NDTV Goodtimes, and the show Pepsi Change the Game during the 2011 cricket World Cup.
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Actress Taapsee Pannu made her big Bolly debut with 'Chashme Baddoor'. But she is no newcomer to the world of movies, having a host of Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu flicks to her credit.
Television's hottie Sushant Singh Rajput joined the Bollywood bandwagon with director Abhishek Kapoor's film, 'Kai Po Che'. A national Olympiad champion in physics, Sushant gave up engineering to focus on his passion for acting. After a successful stint on TV with shows like 'Pavitra Rishta', 'Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil' and 'Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa', Sushant invades Bollywood as Ishaan Bhatt, a cricket enthusiast. He has an enviable line-up of upcoming projects that include YRF's 'Shuddh Desi Romance' with Parineeti Chopra, 'Peekay' with Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma and Imtiaz Ali's next.
Sushant Singh Rajput's co-star in 'Kai Po Che', Amit Sadh also makes it to this list. Starting his career on television with Neena Gupta's show, 'Kyun Hota Hai Pyarrr', Amit went on to do other shows like 'Guns and Roses' and 'Bigg Boss' before being launched in films.
Another TV starlet who made her Bollywood debut this year was Rhea Chakraborthy with 'Mere Dad Ki Maruti'. Rhea won a teen queen reality TV contest that landed her a job at MTV as a VJ. Rhea played the role of a Punjabi girl in the film directed by Ashima Chibber which also starred Ram Kapoor and Saqib Saleem.
