This is as close as a debut gets to a tragedy. Janhvi Kapoor is poised for her big launch. It can't get any bigger than Karan Johar, can it now? Unless she got Sanjay Leela Bhansali to launch her, which she didn't. Sridevi must be very happy seeing her daughter shining even before her debut. Strangely I am reminded of Smita Patil who passed away long before she could see her son become an actor. The child never saw his mother. Today Prateik is struggling to make his presence felt.

Prateik has gone through more than his share of struggle. Being motherless and living away from his father actor-politician Raj Babbar, Prateik was rudderless and on drugs. We met for the first time when he came home for the promotion of his film Issaq. He was accompanied by his very pretty leading lady Amyra Dastur who told me Prateik was "afraid" of me. I tried to put Prateik at ease.