Janhvi Kapoor's name is inspired by Sridevi's 'Judaai'? Read facts about the 'Dhadak' star

Janhvi Kapoor, who was last seen in Zoya Akhtar's segment of Ghost Stories, is just two films old in Bollywood and already enjoys a massive fan following across country. With her on-point red carpet appearances and mesmerising onscreen performances, she surely has mand to carve a niche in hearts of masses. Here are a few facts about actor you probably had idea about.

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Facts about Janhvi 

• As mentioned by a leading news journalist in a media interaction, Janhvi Kapoor is named after Urmila Matondkar's character Janhvi from film Judaai. She was reportedly born around same time.
• As mentioned by Janhvi Kapoor in an interview, actor expressed her wish to work in sequel of her mor Sridevi's film, Sadma. She had revealed that Sadma is one of best films she has ever seen, which also has a touching story.
• Reportedly, actor has watched only five films of her mor, Sridevi.
• As per reports, Janhvi Kapoor had to gain 6 kilos to step in shoes of her character in film, Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl. actor had to attend several vigorous training sessions to portray an Air Force officer onscreen.
• Reportedly, Karan Johar and Shashank Khaitan had banned Janhvi Kapoor from using phones on film sets of Dhadak, after one of film's look was leaked online.
• Reportedly, Dharma Productions had signed Janhvi for Student Of Year 2 alongside Tiger Shroff but film did t go on floors for some time and he decided to launch her in Dhadak.
• Sridevi passed away a few months before seeing her daughter's debut film.

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Janhvi on professional front:

Jahnvi has a busy schedule this year, as actor has nearly seven releases lined up. She will be next seen with Rajkummar Rao in upcoming horror comedy entertainer, Rooh Afzana. Helmed by Hardik Mehta, much-anticipated film also stars Varun Sharma in a prominent role. She also has Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl in her kitty, which follows life of Kargil war veteran, Gunjan Saxena.

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