Actor Janhvi Kapoor recently spoke about growing up as a star kid in today's paparazzi culture. She said in an interview that pap cameras have always been a part of her life, and since childhood, people took pictures of her and her sister Khushi, with or without their consent. The situation only worsened as they grew, as she found morphed photos of herself on "inappropriate, almost pornographic pages" as a teenager.
The daughter of producer Boney Kapoor and late actor Sridevi, Janhvi said there's been an "influx of fake images, more so with today's advanced AI." She added, "People see these manipulated images and assume they're real. That deeply concerns me." The 'Dhadak' actress also opened up about her formative years and how her transition from child to teen to adult was dissected on the internet.
Janhvi said the attention didn't make her "popular," and instead "alienated" her from her peeps in school. Moreover, her teachers "changed" towards her. She said, "I don't think they understood it so they started disliking me. I didn't understand what was happening. My friends looked at me differently, they poked fun at me for not getting waxed... Many insinuated that I don't have to work as I was famous anyway, weird taunts that I wouldn't understand. Everyone kept asking me when I was leaving school and why I was on Yahoo. There was a lot of judgement, a lot of questioning of one's self-worth from a very young age."
After making her acting debut with the Shashank Khaitan-directed 'Dhadak,' alongside Ishaan Khatter in 2018, this year, she was seen in 'Bawaal,' co-starring Varun Dhawan.