"I wasn’t being identified as someone’s daughter."
Janhvi Kapoor has frequently expressed criticism of her overseas acting education.
She attended an acting school in the US, which primarily focused on Hollywood techniques.
Reflecting on her time there, she recently reiterated that she didn’t gain much from the experience and feels she could have better utilised that time learning more about India.
Speaking to The Week, Janhvi said: “I learnt nothing there.
“My main agenda, and I think the thrill in it for me was… for the first time to be in an environment where I wasn’t being identified as someone’s daughter.
“And I think that anonymity was so refreshing and that’s what I held on to the most.”
Janhvi, the daughter of Sridevi and Boney Kapoor, added:
“The format of the school that I studied over there was very deeply rooted in how Hollywood works, how their auditioning process is, what it’s like to meet casting agents.
“I wish I could have used that time getting to know my people and my country and my language a little better because I am telling the stories of my people, not of them.
“I just wish I did more things that would make me relate to my people and I did.”
The actress then admitted to undergoing a significant shift in perspective upon her return to India, particularly during the filming of Dhadak:
“Once I started shooting for Dhadak, I made a 180 and I realised that the only thing that matters is, that I want to tell stories of my country.
“I want to know the people of my country, I want to be able to speak to them.”
“I want to be able to think like them, feel like them, and sitting in LA, going to Malibu on the weekend isn’t going to cut it.
“It just makes you so detached and jaded.”
On the professional front, Janhvi Kapoor is set to star in several upcoming projects, including Devara: Part 1, Ulajh, Mr and Mrs Mahi, and Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari.
In Devara, Janhvi Kapoor will share the screen with Jr. NTR and Saif Ali Khan.
She was last seen in Nitesh Tiwari’s Bawaal with Varun Dhawan.
Janhvi Kapoor made her debut in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl in 2020.
She has also appeared in the Netflix anthology Ghost Stories.
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