Khushi Kapoor, younger daughter of late Sridevi and sister of actor Janhvi Kapoor, made her Bollywood debut with the Zoya Akhtar directorial ‘The Archies’ recently. And just like many people anticipated, she faced a good amount of social media trolling for her role as ‘Betty’. A few snippets from the film were made into short-form videos and she was criticized for her alleged amateur acting. However, Janhvi had already advised her to be prepared to be on the receiving end of unwarranted hate.
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According to Firstpost, Janhvi Kapoor had already given powerful words of advice to Khushi. Asking her not to believe in the bad, she said:
“She (Khushi) did such a wonderful job at being honest. When I was talking to her, I told her to be prepared for hate but not to forget herself in the process. I wish someone said this to me. I wish someone told me to try looking at the people that value you, like you because believing the bad is always easier.”
According to Janhvi, Khushi’s performance in ‘The Archies’ was “very warm” and there was a lot of “innocence” in her performance.
“When someone says something bad about you, then believing that person becomes easier. It takes a lot of self-confidence to believe someone who says the right thing. Me and my sister, at times, we question ourselves a lot. I told her ‘Don’t lose yourself, don’t be jaded because you’ve been very honest.’ I felt her performance was very warm, there was a lot of innocence in it. She was not trying to show anything off and it is very difficult to be this real in front of the camera.”
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Comparing Khushi’s debut to her own, Janhvi said that when ‘Dhadak’ was released, she was looking for the audience’s validation because her mother, Sridevi, was no longer around to give her that.
“I advise her every day. She is tired of listening to me. I also feel she is more sensible than me. When I debuted, the pressure was a lot more, and a lot was going on the personal front, I was like a headless chicken. The validation I was looking for from my mother, which wasn’t there suddenly, I started looking for it from the audience. And I put so much pressure on me that Dhadak, which was a commercially successful film and everyone gained from that film, but the social media chatter got to me and whatever decision I took for the next five years, was born out of insecurity. Slowly, I started running away from the discussion around the fact that I am my mother’s daughter.”
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