An archive photo of Janhvi Kapoor and Sridevi. (courtesy: sridevi.kapoor)
Strong points
- “I can’t afford to be bitter or hurt,” said Janhvi Kapoor
- Janhvi Kapoor made her Bollywood debut with ‘Dhadak’
- Janhvi lost her mother Sridevi just months before Dhadak’s release
New Delhi:
Janhvi Kapoor, daughter of late actress Sridevi and film producer Boney Kapoor, who is often targeted by trolls for her cinematic experience, in a recent interview with Bollywood Hungama, remembers the bitter things people said to her after her first movie came out Dhadak in 2018. Janhvi, who lost her mother and the legendary actress Sridevi in February 2018, a few months earlier Dhadak”, said during the interview: “When my first movie arrived, I even got comments like … ‘It’s good that your mom isn’t here to see this.’ The actress added that she had tried to focus only on ways to improve and told Bollywood Hungama: “I can’t afford to be bitter or hurt. I prefer to see criticism as an opportunity. to improve myself. I would rather live. in a bubble where everything is fine and then try to improve myself. “
Janhvi Kapoor was recently featured in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl. The film was named to the list of “ child stars ” which a section of the internet said it would boycott. The film was released on Netflix earlier this month. It also stars Angad Bedi, Pankaj Tripathi and Vineet Kumar Singh.
Earlier this year, Janhvi’s sister, Khushi Kapoor shared an Instagram video in which she revealed that she is often ‘mocked’ for not looking like her mother Sridevi and sister Janhvi Kapoor. “I’m a little shy and awkward. Obviously sometimes hate gets to you, especially being so young. I just want people to know that I’m a real person. I didn’t really know how to handle this, so my Self-esteem issues and insecurities ensue. As a child it affected the way I saw my parents. I didn’t look like my mother and I didn’t look like my sister, so sometimes people were reporting it and laughing at me, ”she says in the video.
Janhvi Kapoor’s list of upcoming projects includes horror comedy Roohi afza, with Rajkummar Rao, the next project of realization of Karan Johar Takht and Dharma Productions’ Dostana 2, with Kartik Aaryan.
