Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan is currently working on his directorial debut, Stardom. In a recent interview, the dean and professor from the University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts, from where Aryan Khan graduated, shared how Aryan was as a student as they also revealed how his debut project is connected to USC.
Dr Priya Jaikumar, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cinema and Media Studies, USC School of Cinematic Arts was speaking to Indian Express recently when she revealed that she could never meet Aryan in person since he a part of the batch which graduated during the coronavirus induced lockdown.
“We never met him when he was there because COVID was what took one and a half years… There is one class called ‘Intro to Cinema’, everyone has to take it. But I know of my graduate students who were TAs for that class because it is literally 350 students, two sections, and they worked with Aryan. So, we were actually talking to his dad (Shah Rukh) as well,” she said.
The dean further revealed that Aryan has also joined hands with some of his other USC friends for his directorial debut. “Aryan has a streaming show coming out and what he mentioned was that he was very influenced by his time at USC and in Cinematic Arts. So, he’s working with at least 2-3 other people from there,” she shared.
Elizabeth Daley – Dean, USC School of Cinematic Arts, also added to it by saying, “His dad offered him some professional crew but Aryan said, ‘No, no, I am bringing my USC friends!’ He graduated the year we had commencement in the Colosseum; that was the end of COVID because we couldn’t be indoors.”
Aryan Khan’s Stardom is a web series which will mark his full-fledged directorial debut. The show went on floors in July 2023 and reportedly has cameos by Shah Rukh, Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Karan Johar and Bobby Deol. Featuring Lakshya Lalwani in the lead, it is said to be a fictionalised account of the Hindi film industry.
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