Sridevi advised Janhvi Kapoor to reconsider acting career

Janhvi Kapoor is just a few days away from her debut film, ‘Dhadak’, hitting the cinemas. The debutante recently opened up about about telling her late mother Sridevi that she wants to be an actress.

“I told my mom and she said, ‘Please reconsider your decision’. She always felt that I am too naive. Mom and dad are very protective of me. They didn’t think I was equipped to deal with the non-creative aspect of filmmaking. Mom wasn’t too happy. She felt she had worked so hard to give her children an easy life. But I didn’t want that, I wanted a fulfilling one. I aspired to have that creative expression, that experience in real life with the struggles. I am very thankful for everything I have, but I am hungry to experience more than whatever has been given to me,” said Kapoor, as reported in Box Office India.

Kapoor went on to say how she managed to convince her mother, “”It didn’t take a lot of convincing because they knew I was serious about it. They just told me that acting doesn’t mean looking pretty and reading the lines. I knew that, so I wanted to do it. I have lived a wonderful life because of what my parents have given me, but at the same time, it’s been relatively sheltered. I’ve been protected all my life and I don’t know if it was because of who my parents were or the kind of people they were. Acting gives me the ability to experience different lives and expose myself to so many feelings. That’s why I wanted to pursue it because this was my one-way ticket to do everything”.

‘Dhadak’ also stars Ishaan Khatter and is directed by Shashank Khaitan.