Janhvi Kapoor on facing criticism for being Sridevi’s daughter: Naam toh roshan karna hi padega

Actor Janhvi Kapoor who is the daughter of late veteran star Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor made her Bollywood debut with Dhadhak opposite Ishaan Khatter. However, since her debut, she has been constantly being compared with her late mother Sridevi. Reacting to people’s criticism and facing them for being Sridevi’s daughter, Janhvi Kapoor mentioned that she wants to make her career work for her late mother.

The Dhadhak actor told ETimes, “People are comparing my first four films with her 300 films. I don’t know about anything else but I want to make this career work for her. Naam toh roshan karna hee padega (I have to make her proud). I can’t leave it like that.” In the same interview, she was also asked about her late mother’s reaction when Janhvi mentioned that she wants to be an actor just like her.

 

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The Good Luck Jerry actor recalled, “She (Sridevi) said, ’Don’t get into it. I have worked my whole life so that I could give my kids a comfortable life and this life is not comfortable, so why do you want to put yourself through it?’ And I said, ‘I love movies. I can’t live without being an actor.’ Then she said, ‘If you love it that much then it’s okay.” But she also kept saying, ‘You’re too naïve and soft-hearted. You get carried away. You get hurt too much. You have to be tough in a different way to survive here and I don’t want you to become like that. I don’t want to deal with all of that’. She was protective of me and she said, ‘People will compare my 300 films with your first film. How will you deal with that?’ I knew that it would be very tough but I knew that if I don’t act then I would be sad my entire life.”

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