'Wish to recreate magic of magnetic talents'
Watching the films of stars like Madhubala works as a motivation for the Dhadak actor
Mumbai: All eyes are on Janhvi Kapoor –daughter of the iconic Sridevi whose demise earlier this year left a huge void in the Indian film industry – as she steps into Bollywood with her maiden film Dhadak on July 20.
The young actress says she wishes to bring back the magic of magnetic talents like Madhubala, Meena Kumari and Waheeda Rehman on the silver screen.
"I have watched Madhubalaji in films like Mughal-e-Azam, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi and Mr and Mrs 55. I have seen the beautiful Waheedaji in Guide, Pyaasa, Meena Kumariji in Pakeezah, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. Watching them, I get fascinated and mesmerised," the actor said.
"I so wish to (re)create the magic of these legends on-screen. Every time I watch these films, I get motivated and tell myself, 'Mujhe yeh karna hai (I want to do this)'... This magic, this performance," she further added.
Janhvi has been getting a lot of attention from the media and the audience for her much-anticipated debut in a Karan Johar production which is a remake of Marathi cinema's highly acclaimed Sairat.
She can already feel the pressures that comes along with celebrity status. But she is wading through it.
"I am trying to preserve a sense of my identity in all that because it is very easy to lose my head in this madness. I am getting so much attention, people are talking about me, my pictures are out there, I am talking so much about myself... I am reading about myself every day. It is easy for me to think that I am the most important person in the world," she said.
"But then I am not letting that happen. I know it is happening all for the film and if I want people to talk about me, I have to deliver hit films. Otherwise, that will be wrong. I am trying hard to earn the right to grab the spotlight, I am trying to be a deserving person to talk about," she added.
Janhvi was very close to her mother. She says even though she has never tried hard to adopt Sridevi's style, there may be certain things she has inherited genetically.
Citing what she learnt from her mother, Janhvi said: "Mom always used to say that it is not about how you prepare, but what you deliver on screen. So I think that is what matters."
