“I learnt nothing there,” Janhvi told The Week. She added, “My main agenda, and I think the thrill in it for me was… for the first time to be in an environment where I wasn’t being identified as someone’s daughter. And I think that anonymity was so refreshing and that’s what I held on to the most.”
Describing the format of the school’s curriculum, Janhvi said that they were very rooted with Hollywood standards, focusing on auditioning processes and interactions with casting agents. She then expressed regret over not investing more time in connecting with her own cultural roots. “I wish I could have used that time getting to know my people and my country and my language a little better because I am telling the stories of my people, not of them,” Janhvi said.
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The actress then admitted to undergoing a significant shift in perspective upon her return to India, particularly during the filming of Dhadak. She confessed, “I just wish I did more things that would make me relate to my people and I did. Once I started shooting for Dhadak, I made a 180 and I realised that the only thing that matters is, that I want to tell stories of my country, I want to know the people of my country, I want to be able to speak to them, I want to be able to think like them, feel like them and sitting in LA, going to Malibu on the weekend isn’t going to cut it. It just makes you so detached and jaded.”
Janhvi further elaborated on her realization that she did not align with the principles of method acting, her school was based on. She realised upon enrolment that she wasn’t a method actor.
On the work front, Janhvi last featured in Bawaal alongside Varun Dhawan. She next has Mr and Mrs Mahi, Devara and Ulajh in the pipeline.