Generally, star kids enjoy easier launch pads - industry doors swing open earlier, introductions happen faster. But one star kid landed in a moral and career-sized dilemma early on: he was reportedly told to dump his girlfriend if he wanted to keep a debut opposite Kajol - a choice that cost him the film. He later made his official screen debut in Yash Chopra’s Parampara (1993), but his path to that moment was bumpier than most assumed. AdvertismentThe Bekhudi ControversyThe controversy centres on Bekhudi (1992), a romantic drama that introduced Kajol to Hindi cinema. Saif rebuilt steadily after the setback, but the Bekhudi chapter remains a telling early test where love, career and cinema’s old-school gatekeepers forced a painful trade-off.