Janhvi Kapoor reflects on social media backlash over Ambedkar-Gandhi joke : Bollywood News

Janhvi Kapoor wants to know why a section of social media was so surprised when she made a joke about Ambedkar and Gandhi a few months ago. Janhvi spoke to Mashable in a new interview ahead of her film’s premiere Oulajh when she revealed that her PR team wanted to cut that part of the discussion. She was worried that attention would be diverted from the photo she was promoting at the time, Mr. and Mrs. Mahi.

Janhvi Kapoor reflects on social media backlash over Ambedkar-Gandhi joke

When the host reminded her how the internet was stunned by her comment on Ambedkar and Gandhi, Janhvi replied, “Is it so hard to believe that a young actress can have an opinion? I was so shocked. The irony, I remember, is that one of the reactions was, ‘Ye toh PR training huh’. Until the day before the interview came out… I had said in the conversation, and after the interview ended, I looked at my PR team and was like, ‘Kuch galat toh nahi bola maine?’ They were like, ‘Woh shayad ek cheez pick up ho sakta he lekin hum dekhte he!’”

She added, “The next day I started panicking because the film was about to release, I don’t know what angle will be taken, I don’t know if it’s the right thing to do. Then my PR team started getting upset and also started making calls saying, ‘Hum wo hisse ko kaat sakte he please (Can we cut this)?’ They said no… That’s what was so ironic ki meri team toh wo hisse ko kaatne ki koshis kar rahi thi aur log samajh rahe hein ki mujhe training de kar bheja gaya he (My team was trying to cut it and people thought I was being trained to say that)!”

Janhvi said she got interested in the subject when filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan spoke to her about his past and the baggage he had to deal with. It all started with an interview with The Lallantop in May, when Janhvi was promoting Mr. and Mrs. Mahi and said she would like to see a discussion between Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar.

On the professional front, Janhvi will be seen in Oulajh as Suhana Bhatia, a young diplomat caught in a web of intrigue and conspiracies. The film is directed by Sudhanshu Saria and stars Adil Hussain, Meiyang Chang, Gulshan Devaiah, Rajendra Gupta and Jitendra Joshi. Oulajh hits theaters on August 2.

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