Remember Jia From ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’? This Is What She Is Up to Now

Jia from ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’ is now a big girl who wants to open her own NGO

Jhanak Shukla aka Jia, then and now (Photo: Instagram)

Remember Jia from Kal Ho Na Ho? The little blue eyed girl who got to kiss Shah Rukh Khan before Preity Zinta?

Well, Jia whose real name is Jhanak Shukla is not so little any more and she is done with acting.

Shah Rukh Khan and Jhanak Shukla in Kal Ho Na Ho (Source: YouTube/Dharma Productions)

Check out how Jia / Jhanak looks like now!

Jhanak Shukla, is now a 20-year-old who stays in Mumbai with her actress mom, Supriya Shukla (Varun Dhawan’s onscreen mother in Main Tera Hero), her documentary filmmaker father, Haril and younger sister.

Jhanak who was seen in serials like Karishma ka Karishma (desi adaptation of Small Wonder) and numerous ads, got her first break when she was just 5-years-old after ad man Pradeep Sarkar cast her in a commercial he was directing.

Jhanak even acted in a Malayalam serial after which she was offered Karan Johar’s Kal Ho Na Ho starring Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Jaya Bachchan when she was 7-years-old.

Her most memorable moment naturally was working with Shah Rukh Khan as she is a huge fan herself.

Today, Jhanak is doing her Bachelors degree in Arts and wants to be a social activist and start an NGO to help oppressed women.

We wish Jhanak all the very best!