Janhvi Kapoor Says Doing Telugu Film Devara Feels Like Being Attached To Mother Sridevi

NEW DELHI: Actress Jahnvi Kapoor is gearing up for her Telugu debut ‘Devara’, additionally starring Jr NTR and Saif Ali Khan. The actress can be seen essaying the function of a village woman – ‘Thangam’ within the movie. A couple of days again, Janhvi launched her character from the movie to her followers on social media. She dropped her look from the movie, and it gave an actual resemblance to her mom and late actress Sridevi. 

Talking about her Telugu dominance and the way her mom performed a major function within the south movie business, Janhvi mentioned, “It’s my first Telugu film, so a lot of my time is spent in learning the dialogues as I don’t speak the language. My mum spoke to us in Hindi and English at home. But whenever we went to Chennai (Tamil Nadu), more often than not, she would speak in Tamil. I am more familiar with Tamil than I am with Telugu.” 

Janhvi shares that engaged on the movie appears like ‘homecoming’. “I feel ki main ghar aa gayi hoon. Everyone on set feels like my own. I don’t know if it’s because of my intense emotional attachment to mum or if l am feeling attached to her by doing a film down south. It’s spiritual,” she added.

Having her foot in each Hindi and South movie business, Janhvi is certainly taking the legacy of her mom late Sridevi Ji forward. The approach Sridevi ji gave blockbuster movies in each South and Hindi cinema, Janhvi can be stepping up on the identical highway. 

DEVARA

‘Devara’ has been making headlines ever because the pan-India venture was first introduced by the makers. Touted to be the most important launch of 2024, the magnum opus is written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Koratala Siva. 

Originally conceived as a one-part movie, director Koratala Siva not too long ago disclosed that ‘Devara’ can be offered in two components as a result of its monumental runtime, intricate storytelling, and meticulously detailed aesthetic canvas.

Rejoicing ‘Devara’ followers throughout the globe with this huge announcement, Koratala Siva mentioned, “The film is set against the forgotten lands of coastal India and the canvas is too big. As we started shooting the film, the canvas revealed itself and started getting bigger and bigger. Every character in the film has its own weight and they need to be explored and established in depth and in detail, which we can’t justify in one part. So, we took the decision to tell this big story and canvas in two parts. The story won’t change in shape but will thrive in scale. One of the biggest canvases ever of ‘Devara’ will be done in two parts and April 5, 2024, is just the beginning.”

‘Devara Part 1’ is scheduled to hit theatres throughout India on April 5, 2024.