Janhvi Kapoor recalls finding morphed pics of herself on 'almost pornographic pages': People assume they’re real

Janhvi Kapoor discusses the impact of growing up in the digital age, including dealing with morphed images of herself and judgment from peers.

Actor Janhvi Kapoor has talked about growing up in today's paparazzi culture as a star kid. Janhvi said in an interview to Newslaundry that paparazzi cameras have always been a part of her life and since childhood, people with or without consent, took pictures of her and sister Khushi Kapoor. However, things got worse, when Janhvi was a teenager, as she found morphed photos of herself on 'inappropriate, almost pornographic pages'.

Janhvi Kapoor on her morphed pics

Janhvi Kapoor opens up about the impact of her morphed images on her life. (HT_PRINT)

Janhvi, who is the daughter of producer Boney Kapoor and late actor Sridevi, told Newslaundry that there’s has been an 'influx of fake images, more so with today’s advanced AI (artificial intelligence)'. She said, “People see these manipulated images and assume they’re real. That deeply concerns me.”

Janhvi, who made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama Dhadak, also opened up about how her formative years coincided with the digital boom, and her transition from child to teen to adult was dissected on the internet.

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She recalled she was only 10, when she saw the negative effect of her internet presence. As a student of class 4, she said she had entered her school’s computer lab one day to find paparazzi images of her on Yahoo’s homepage, flashing across the computer screens of her classmates. She told Newslaundry she looked ‘very uncomfortable’ and not ‘groomed’ in the photos, even as the headlines announced she was ‘being launched’ in the film industry.

She made her acting debut with the Shashank Khaitan-directed Dhadak, co-starring Ishaan Khatter, which was the Hindi remake of the 2016 Marathi film Sairat. In 2020, Janhvi starred in Zoya Akhtar's segment in the Netflix horror anthology film Ghost Stories. She then essayed the titular role in the biopic Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl. Some of her other films include Good Luck Jerry (2022) and Bawaal (2023).