Spring In The Step: Hello Aadar Jain!

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Radhika Bhirani for The Man
-- rbhirani@gmail.com

His surname may not be Kapoor, but it's hard to miss the Kapooriyat in Aadar Jain. He spoke about his second film Hello Charlie with a sense of immense excitement very visible on his flushed face which was lit up by the glimmer in his eyes and a smile that stretches ear-to-ear.

Cover Story for the April 2021 issue of The Man.

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