Arjun Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, Shanaya Kapoor come together for Raksha Bandhan
The Bollywood cousins joined the extended Kapoor family for the August 19, 2024 festival, sharing photos and videos of the sibling ritual on social media.
Members of Bollywood's extended Kapoor family gathered on August 19, 2024, to celebrate Raksha Bandhan, the Hindu festival marking the bond between siblings, with actors Arjun Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor and Shanaya Kapoor among those photographed together, according to Pinkvilla's coverage of the celebration.
Khushi Kapoor shared Instagram stories from the gathering, including one showing her tying a rakhi -- the decorative thread central to the festival -- onto Arjun Kapoor's wrist, which Pinkvilla described as capturing an "incredibly adorable" reaction from him. Sonam Kapoor, Mohit Marwah and other family members also attended, per the outlet's report.
The available reporting does not specify a single host residence or full guest list beyond the names photographed; Pinkvilla's account, credited to writer Rajni Singh, is the primary source retrieved for the day's events, and other outlets' coverage of the same gathering was not independently cross-checked in this session.
What was shared
Shanaya Kapoor was also seen tying a rakhi to Mohit Marwah, and Arjun Kapoor posted a video from the celebration described as showcasing the festivities with his sisters, according to Pinkvilla. The outlet reported the trio -- Arjun, Khushi and Shanaya -- appeared together in photos dressed for the occasion.
A recurring family tradition
The Kapoors are one of Bollywood's largest extended acting families, and Raksha Bandhan gatherings among its branches -- spanning Arjun Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor, Shanaya Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor and their cousins -- have been photographed and covered by entertainment outlets in prior years as well, per Pinkvilla's framing of the 2024 event within that pattern. The August 19, 2024 gathering was covered as part of the broader Kapoor family's celebration of the festival that year.
A double celebration
The August 19 gathering doubled as an early celebration for Sonam Kapoor's son Vayu, who turned two the following day, August 20, according to ANI's coverage of the family's festivities. Sonam Kapoor posted a video of Vayu and a message describing his "boundless curiosity, infectious laughter, and loving nature," per ANI, and separately shared a glimpse of his vintage car-themed birthday cake, according to a report from Newkerala.com. That overlap -- Raksha Bandhan falling the day before Vayu's birthday in 2024 -- is the likely reason the Kapoor clan's rakhi gathering drew extra attention that year beyond the usual sibling-tying photos.
Where the cousins' careers stood in 2024
Arjun Kapoor went on to appear in "Singham Again" that November, part of what a Bollywood Hungama filmography retrospective described as an up-and-down year for him at the box office. Khushi Kapoor, who made her feature debut playing Betty Cooper in "The Archies" the previous year, had that 2023 debut as her most recent screen credit at the time of the Raksha Bandhan gathering, according to her Wikipedia filmography entry compiled from press coverage of her career. Shanaya Kapoor, the youngest of the three, had not yet made her own acting debut as of the 2024 festival, per the same sourcing -- meaning the rakhi photos captured her a year before her career milestone rather than after it.
US In News compiled this archived account from contemporaneous coverage by Pinkvilla, ANI and Newkerala.com. It restores a story originally published on this site in August 2024; details are as reported at the time.