Mumbai: Waving her hand like Deepika Padukone from Om Shanti Om and walking across her younger sister, who would pretend to be Shah Rukh Khan, Janhvi Kapoor harboured the dream to see herself on the big screen ever since she was a child.
The 21-year-old actor grew up binge-watching movies; obsessed with the world of cinema and imagining herself in every other movie.
"I always wanted to see myself on screen. I remember I would watch random movies and was obsessed with Om Shanti Om. I would enact every scene from the film and force Khushi to be Shah Rukh Khan and I'd be Deepika, doing that typical hand wave," Janhvi told.
"Even with the film Titanic, Khushi would be Jack and I'd be Rose and we would say those lines to each other, 'I'd never let go!'" she adds.
As the daughter of late veteran actor Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor, growing up in a film family – with uncle Anil Kapoor, half-brother Arjun Kapoor and cousin Sonam – Janhvi says movie magic was always in the air.
"Even in real life, we are dramatic and filmy. Everything is life and death, the stakes are always high. The filmiest person in our family is my father. Our lives revolve around cinema, it's all movies," she says.
Janhvi shares she caught the acting bug when she was a child but she remained in denial for a while.
"I wanted to explore other avenues. I wanted to know if I'm inclined to this just because it's been in my house while growing up or is it really something I can dedicate myself to," she says.