The actress made her debut in 2018 with Dhadak, the same year her mother, actress Sridevi passed away. Time and again, Janhvi has opened up about her bond with her late mother. Sridevi’s tragic death, just a few months before the release of her debut film, left not just her family but the entertainment industry in shock.
In a recent interview, she recalled having a panic attack on a dance reality show after they put on a special act in memory of Sridevi. Talking to Mashable India, Janhvi Kapoor revealed that she attended a dance reality show shortly after her mother’s death. Although she had faced a huge loss and was quite vulnerable, since the release date of Dhadak was near, she had to get on with the promotions.
She recounted that although her team was careful not to remind her of Sridevi, they were unaware that the show would pay tribute to the late actress. Janhvi Kapoor mentioned, “So they played an audio-visual of all my mother’s songs with an emotional voiceover, and these kids started dancing to pay homage. It was beautiful, but I wasn’t ready. I couldn’t breathe anymore. I started howling and crying. I ran off the stage and went to my van. Had a proper panic attack. They obviously cut all that out and instead put up another clip of me clapping and smiling.” She added that people thought her mother’s death did not affect her.
Janhvi Kapoor revealed that after Sridevi passed away, she began promoting her film to distract herself through work. However, people’s reactions to her coping mechanism were perplexing. When she did not mention her late mother in interviews, the audience labelled her as arrogant. On the other hand, if she tried to appear cheerful, they judged her as being unaffected by her mother’s death.