Published 14:40 IST, June 26th 2020

Did you know Sridevi was against the idea of Janhvi Kapoor getting into films?

Janhvi Kapoor would not have been an actor as her mother Sridevi was against it for a while. Read further ahead to know more details about it.

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Janhvi Kapoor is one of rising stars in industry. Despite having done a couple of films, star kid has a massive fan following. She me a huge impact after her first film Dhak which was loved by audience. Since n, Janhvi Kapoor has gone on to do a few films and has received tremendous praise overall. However, her mor, late Sridevi, did t want her to pursue a career in acting.

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Janhvi Kapoor was t going to be an actor because of her mom Sridevi

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veteran actor h been part of industry for a long time. She was loved for her work and was even praised for some of her iconic roles. However, Sridevi did t want Janhvi Kapoor to pursue acting as a career as she felt Janhvi was too naïve for industry.

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In an interview with a news portal, Janhvi Kapoor remembered  time when her mor would t let her get into films. She said that it took a lot of convincing to let her mom agree to allow her to do films. Janhvi Kapoor furr ded in interview that Sridevi told her to reconsider her decision about acting and was thus t very keen on letting her into industry.

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However, star kid mand to convince her mor after several tries as she claimed, according to a news portal. Janhvi mentioned that it wasn’t easy to get her mom on-board with idea of her doing films. Janhvi Kapoor believes that her mom thought that she h worked hard eugh to give her children an easy life and hence this too was ar reason she did t want her to work in industry, according to a news portal.

However, Janhvi Kapoor was quite keen on getting herself into industry and did so eventually with her first film Dhak. She also recalled when her parents told her that acting isn’t just looking pretty all time and reing lines from scripts. Janhvi mitted that she agreed to what y said and was rey for challenges that would lie ahe of her.

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Janhvi Kapoor furr continued by saying that her parents have given her a wonderful life and she believes she has been sheltered in a way. According to Janhvi, acting is an outlet that lets her explore different lives and unravel several emotions and hence actor was very keen to get into acting and thus got into this profession.  

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14:40 IST, June 26th 2020