These Top 3 Star Sons Turn Directors From 3 Industries

The camera usually faces the heroes, but lately, a few star kids are choosing to stand behind it. There’s a quiet shift happening in film families, sons of big actors are turning directors instead of chasing stardom. It’s not something we see often in Indian cinema, where the hero tag usually comes first. But now, across Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu industries, a new wave seems to be rolling in.

In Bollywood, Aryan Khan, son of Shah Rukh Khan, is one of the first to take that leap. Instead of entering films as an actor, he has made his debut as a director with the web series Baaad of Bollywood. People were expecting him to follow his father’s charm on-screen, but Aryan’s gone the other way. Word is, he’s more into writing and visual storytelling than acting. Guess the creative gene runs strong, just in a different direction.

Over in Tamil cinema, Jason Vijay, son of superstar Vijay, is also taking a similar path. His first project, Sigma, is already getting buzz because nobody thought he’d pick direction over acting. But Jason seems to prefer the idea of creating something from scratch rather than performing it. With Vijay around to guide him, fans are curious to see if the son will carry forward his father’s intensity, but through storytelling this time.

And in Tollywood, Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja’s son Mahadhan is said to be working under director Venkky Atluri on a Suriya film, quietly learning how things work behind the monitor. He’s not rushing to become a hero, and that itself feels refreshing. These new-age star kids aren’t chasing the spotlight, they’re figuring out how to control it. Maybe that’s what the next era of film legacy looks like.