The youngest Kapoor on the block is a true contrarian. She admits to feeling the pressure of being (and looking) a certain way because she’s a celebrity, and in the next breath declares that it’s criminal to complain about it. Here, Janhvi Kapoor discusses nepotism, her go-to fashion advisors, and explains why she doesn’t want to quit being a perma-resident of la la land.
The first thing that comes to mind when you look at the young actor is that she’s shy. But Janhvi Kapoor will change the way you perceive her within minutes of meeting her. She walks in with a reserved air, exchanging mandatory niceties with the crew, immediately settling in the make-up chair in a corner, fiddling with her phone while listening to music. But the second we give her a cropped wig, her inner child comes to the fore. Janhvi’s now consumed in clicking the right selfie to share with her friends and fam—not to keep them updated on what she’s up to, mind you, but to prank them. “I love this look. As soon as I put on the wig, I thought of clicking a few pictures and convincing people that I’ve chopped off my long hair—many of them bought it, too. In fact, my stylist Tanya (Ghavri), who’s also a really close friend, started crying. She was like, ‘No, how can this be?!’. I even tried to prank Khushi (Kapoor), but she saw through it,” she giggles.
And, in this moment, it’s clear that Janhvi really is the 21-year-old she, well, is.
Chirpy and cheerful, with a pinch of mischief.
She goes on talking fondly about her sister...sisters, actually. Her newfound bond with her halfsiblings Anshula Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor has been a topic of public discussion. Janhvi even appeared with Arjun on Koffee With Karan, shedding light on how she’s dealing with the change, and how “their support has brought a sense of security and comfort”. But her relationship with sisters Khushi and Anshula is something she feels can’t be expressed in words. Janhvi might have been the older sibling for the most part of her life, but she’s pretty kicked about being the “middle one” now—with Anshula being the oldest, and Khushi the youngest, amongst the three.
This story is from the January 2019 edition of Cosmopolitan India.
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