Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Jugal Hansraj joins Masoom: The Next Generation sequel cast
A long time ago, in 1983, a filmmaker named Shekhar Kapur made a movie called Masoom.
It was very special to people, and its story stayed alive in their hearts for decades.
Now Kapur is making a new movie called Masoom: The Next Generation, which continues the story.
Some of the actors from the first movie are coming back to play their old characters.
Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi will act in it again.
A boy named Jugal Hansraj played a character called Rahul, the son of Shah's character, in the first movie.
He was just a young child then, and now he has grown up to be an accomplished actor.
Kapur says welcoming him back is like life coming full circle and feels deeply fulfilling.
He hopes people will feel the same honesty, tenderness, and emotional truth from the new movie.
Shekhar Kapur is set to direct Masoom: The Next Generation, the sequel to his iconic 1983 film Masoom.
Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi will reprise their roles from the original film.
Jugal Hansraj, who played Shah's son Rahul as a child actor in Masoom, is joining the star cast.
Kapur said welcoming Hansraj back as an accomplished actor is 'emotional and deeply fulfilling.'
Kapur hopes audiences experience the same honesty, tenderness, and emotional truth that made Masoom enduring.
- Who
- Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, along with actors Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi, and Jugal Hansraj
- What
- Jugal Hansraj joins the cast of Masoom: The Next Generation, the sequel to Kapur's 1983 film Masoom, in which Shah and Azmi reprise their roles
- When
- Recently announced; Kapur confirmed Hansraj's casting in a recent interview
- Where
- Not specified in the article
- Why
- To continue a story that has stayed alive in people's hearts and to bring back the honesty, tenderness, and emotional truth of the original film
- Sequel title
- Masoom: The Next Generation
- Director
- Shekhar Kapur
- Original film
- Masoom (1983)
- Returning stars
- Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi
- New cast addition
- Jugal Hansraj
- Hansraj's original role
- Rahul, son of Naseeruddin Shah's character
- Filmmaker's note
- Welcoming Hansraj back is 'emotional and deeply fulfilling'