Janhvi Kapoor recently spoke about how she deals with social media culture and the trolling that often comes her way. The actress shared that over time she has learned not to give too much importance to online opinions, even though negativity on the internet can sometimes be overwhelming. She also addressed the kind of online harassment her half brother Arjun Kapoor faces.
Reflecting on how social media works today, Janhvi explained in an interview with Grazia, “From what I understand about social media culture, is that everyone wants prominence, views and virality, so if they are making content about you, you’re just a scapegoat, they’re just using your name for clickbait, rage bait and whatever else it is to further their engagement. That’s the only purpose you serve, and once you look at it from that lens, you understand that what they’re saying about you has nothing to do with you. Then you start taking that less to your heart.”
While she has managed to emotionally distance herself from online chatter, Janhvi admitted it still hurts to see the kind of trolling directed at Arjun Kapoor. Speaking about it, she said, “Everyone’s doing what they have to, sab ghar chalane ki koshish kar rahe hai (they are trying to make ends meet). You need to be transactional – nothing is that deep. It’s stupid to occupy your brain for more than five minutes with this. Of course, it hurts to feel misunderstood, or when it turns into bullying and harassment, the way I’ve seen happen with my brother sometimes, and there’s no excuse for that kind of behaviour. Negativity fuels negativity, and you just have to remove yourself from it.”
On the work front, Janhvi was last seen in Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari. She will next be seen in the Telugu film Peddi opposite Ram Charan. Directed by Buchi Babu Sana and produced by Venkata Satish Kilaru under Vriddhi Cinemas, the film also stars Shiva Rajkumar, Jagapathi Babu, Divyendu Sharma and Boman Irani, and is set to release in theatres on April 30.
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