Janhvi Kapoor shared this image. (Image courtesy: janhvikapoor ) Working in the south film industry makes her feel closer to her late superstar mother Sridevi, says actor Janhvi Kapoor, who is set to make her Telugu cinema debut with Jr NTR in Devara . The actor will star in another Telugu film with Ram Charan in his 16th movie.
Kapoor, known for Hindi films such as Dhadak , Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl , and Mili , said it was the "right time" to make her South cinema debut. "Somehow it makes me feel closer to my mom, to be in that environment, as well as to hear and speak in that language. It just felt like it was the right time, I felt I was gravitating towards it.
"Mom has such a history with the families of NTR sir and Ram Charan sir, it's my honour that I'm able to work with both these extremely talented actors,” the actor, whose latest release is "Mr. & Mrs. Mahi", told PTI.
Sridevi, who died in 2018 in Dubai at the age of 54, started her career as a child actor with M A Thirumugham's Tamil film "Thunaivan" (1969). While the late actor was fluent in Tamil, her mother tongue was Telugu. The veteran star shared screen space with Charan's father Chiranjeevi in movies like “Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka”, “Ranuvu Veeran”, “SP Parsuram” and “Mosagadu”, among others.
She co-starred with Telugu cinema veteran NT Rama Rao, grandfather of Jr NTR, in several films such as "Vetagaadu", "Satyam Shivam" and "Anuraga Devata". Sridevi also acted in films such as “An.
