Jhanak Shukla

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Jhanak Shukla (born 1996) is an Indian child actress.

She is the daughter of documentary filmmaker Haril Shukla and actress Supriya Shukla. Her greatest success till date is her character 'Jiya Kapur' in the Bollywood movie Kal Ho Na Ho, alongside Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, where she plays the adopted daughter of Jaya Bachchan.

In 2006, as "Princey" Shukla, she starred with Rajit Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma and Irfan Khan in the movie "Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante" as the kidnapped daughter 'Anishka Goenka'.

She also modelled for several advertisements like for 'ICICI' and a few music videos. She also acted in the series 'Karishma Ka Karishma' (Remake of "Small Wonder”) and Star Plus's Son Pari for sometime.

She had been signed for a pivotal role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie Black however she refused since it would have taken too much time.