When birthday girl Janhvi Kapoor revealed how she tackles criticism like 'If you can’t act, why do you try, nepo-baby?'

The gorgeous diva and actress Janhvi Kapoor is celebrating her 27th birthday today. Legendary actress’ Sridevi’s daughter, who made her Bollywood debut with Dhadak, showed her acting mettle in movies like Mili, Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Good Luck Jerry and others.

In 2023, the actress opened up about facing criticism for being an actor and associated with a Bollywood family. “At the end of the day, you have to see some things for what they really are. Unfortunately, most people cannot. But now, after having been in the business a while and having done a few thousand interviews, you see through things… You can gauge why people are thinking a certain way, or how the audience is getting played by clickbait headlines. You can understand why there is a certain kind of chatter about someone, and how much of it is coming from a genuine place, or simple hatred. It is what it is, so I don’t let it bother me. No matter what you do, somebody will find faults or have something to say, because that makes them feel important. Next thing you know, you’ve made the headlines…and unfortunately, people feed off of that,” she told Harper’s Bazaar.

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The _Devara_ actress further added, “You know, it really hurts when you’re putting in the hard work, the sweat and blood, or undergoing the mental turmoil, and some random, anonymous person on the Internet goes like, ‘Acting nahi aati toh kyun karti ho, nepotism ki bacchi?’ (If you can’t act, why do you try, nepo-baby?) It takes all of a second to reduce you to something insignificant. On the other hand, if somebody says, ‘You were good in Mili, but you could improve your performance in another film,’ then I respect that. You get to a point where you just have to acknowledge that some people are plain sad—for the lack of a better word—and are on a quest to snatch away your happiness.”