Published 22:51 IST, December 24th 2019
Janhvi Kapoor says that she wants a female remake of Kabir Singh and Joker
Recently at an event's panel, Janhvi Kapoor revealed that she would like to see a female version of Kabir Singh or Joker to improve female inclusivity in films.
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Janhvi Kapoor recently discussed how she would improve female inclusion in film industry. According to her, re should be remakes of films such as Kabir Singh and Joker, but with a female lead. In Janhvi's opinion, re need to be more films that showcase dark side of women so as to improve diversity of modern cinema.
Janhvi Kapoor wants more women-centric reboots of dark movies such as Kabir Singh and Joker
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During Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival, Janhvi Kapoor attended a panel composed of several young talents that recently joined Bollywood film industry. During event, se new actors spoke about ir love for film and acting. Alongside Janhvi, panel also included Anaya Pandey, Mrunal Thakur, Radhika Madan and Avinash Tiwary. While at panel, Janhvi opened up about how she would like to see some change in industry and revealed that she wanted to see a remake of films such as Kabir Singh, but with a female lead.
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Janhvi Kapoor stated that while times are changing, re was still a sore lack of films where women played less sanitised roles. She stated that best de-sanitised female role that she could think of, in Indian context, was one played by Nutan in Bandini. Janhvi n went on to say that re need to be more roles that portray uninhibited side of women. She n said that roles such as female version of Kabir Singh or Joker were what she had in mind.
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On work front, Janhvi Kapoor will next be seen in Ghost Stories. Ghost Stories will be an anthology horror film that will premiere in Netflix on January 1, 2020. Janhvi will be featured in Zoya Akhtar's segment of film. Or than Ghost Stories, Janhvi Kapoor is also set to feature in three or upcoming films in 2020, including Gunjan Saxena, Roohi Afza and Dostana 2.
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18:34 IST, December 24th 2019