India, June 29 -- Star kids often find themselves at the centre of conversations about privilege and easy launches. But for Vir Hirani, his acting debut came with an audition, not an automatic casting call. As filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani gets ready to introduce his son in Pritam and Pedro on JioHotstar, he says he was clear from the start that Vir wouldn't be handed the role because of his surname. Instead, the young actor had to go through the same audition process as everyone else, earning the part on merit. Interestingly, it was Vir who first expressed interest in the role after watching the casting process unfold from home.

When Rajkumar Hirani first began developing the series, casting wasn't on his mind and that included his son, Vir...