Janhvi Kapoor got emotional while taking about her mother

Leading heroine Janhvi Kapoor was one of the speakers at Agenda Aajtak on December 14. She spoke about her mother’s legacy and having an ‘unfair advantage’ or a ‘trump card’ of access to the late Sridevi.

Janhvi Kapoor got emotional while speaking about her mother, the late legendary actress Sridevi, at Agenda Aajtak. Loosely translating in English, Janhvi Kapoor said, “When I was doing my first film, I was so conscious that I wanted to stay aloof from my mother because people were saying that I got my first film because I am Sridevi Kapoor’s daughter. I went on a different trip and thought I wouldn’t take any help from her. If she acted a certain way, I would do the complete opposite. I used to tell her to not come on the sets, to not help me. I used to feel as if I had an unfair advantage, a trump card about the fact that how many people have access to Sridevi Kapoor, who is the best actor to come out of India? I used to feel that it’s already an unfair advantage, it will be more unfair if I take her advice.”

Janhvi Kapoor further added that, “I feel that was very silly. I am her daughter and can’t run away from it. I took people very seriously, and I regret now knowing the fact that she was dying to be on the set with me, to help me as a mother. And I didn’t let her. So, I think it’s one of the biggest regrets because sometimes I feel like if I just said ‘Mumma, I have a shoot, please come quickly.' Maybe she would have been there. I think I have come around to that. I am now very proud of being my parents’ daughter. If people want to do a moral debate on whether Janhvi Kapoor being Sridevi’s daughter is right or wrong, you can’t because that’s the truth.”

On the professional front, Janhvi Kapoor has a pan-India biggie in the form of Devara that stars NTR as the lead actor. Koratala Siva is the director of the film which is gearing up for a early summer release. Anirudh is the music composer for the prestigious project which is being bankrolled under Yuvasudha Arts  and NTR Arts banners, jointly.