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Janhvi Kapoor on competition with Sara and Ananya: I am over the stupid ‘who wore it better’ collages

Actor Janhvi Kapoor spills the beans on her equation with contemporaries such as Sara Ali Khan and Ananya Panday.

Published on: Sep 19, 2022, 19:02:21 IST
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Actor Janhvi Kapoor is at ease when it comes to competition. While ‘actresses can never be friends’ is a quite frequently thrown around notion, the same she claims doesn’t hold true for her.

Actor Janhvi Kapoor will be seen next in Mr and Mrs Mahi with Rajkummar Rao.
Actor Janhvi Kapoor will be seen next in Mr and Mrs Mahi with Rajkummar Rao.

She has only nice things to say about them. “My contemporaries- Ananya (Panday), Sara (Ali Khan), Radhika (Madan), Tara (Sutaria), all are such wonderful actors. They are confident girls, the way they carry themselves. My co-stars like Raj (Kummar Rao), Pankaj (Tripathi) sir... my aim in life is to constantly learn and evolve hopefully,” she quips.

How would she describe the equation she shares with the girls? Kapoor says it’s one of mutual respect and a lot of ease. “At this point, we are just over the stupid ‘who wore it better’ collages, or like who’s doing what, and who did what better. Of course, there’s an element of insecurity in all of us as human beings, but I think we all are very confident about our individual personalities. We all have a lot of respect and adoration, atleast speaking for myself, for each other,” shares the actor, last seen in the film Good Luck Jerry. Her next is set to be Mr and Mrs Mahi with Rao.

She goes on to add that only one’s contemporaries are able to relate to what you’re going through. Kapoor tells us, “We are genuinely fond of each other. They are such fun girls, what they are doing is so cool. It’s not easy, whether one comes from a place of privilege or not, to wake up every day and put yourself out there and entertain people. I think they do it with a lot of ease. No one will understand the situation you are in better than your contemporaries.”

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    Rishabh Suri

    Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.Read More