Ishaan Khatter is Proud to Be Shahid Kapoor’s Brother But Doesn’t Want to Ride on His Fame

“If somebody recognises me as his brother, I don’t have an ego about it. That’s not something that would ever bother me. But I am very aware of the fact that I started getting recognised as his brother, when I was 15. Before that, not many people knew too much about me. I started being seen in one-two places with him, then how the media is — there was curiosity about a boy who’s coming into a certain age,” the 24-year-old told HT.

Ishaan, who stars in the recently released series A Suitable Boy, also starred in Shahid’s Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi (2005) as a young boy, and assisted on the sets of Udta Punjab (2016).

Though he started off being known as his brother, Ishaan said he doesn’t need to try to create a separate identity as Shahid is much senior to him in the industry. “He started off 14 years before me… I don’t see any reason to try and create a separate sort of identity for myself. That will happen on it’s own,” Ishaan said.