Janhvi Kapoor

Janhvi Kapoor Biography

Personal Information

• Full Name: Janhvi Kapoor
• Date of Birth: 6 March 1997
• Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Nationality: Indian
• Occupation: Actress
• Industry: Hindi cinema, with Telugu-language films since 2024
• Years Active: 2018–present

Family Background

• Father: Boney Kapoor, film producer
• Mother: Sridevi, actress, who died on 24 February 2018 in Dubai, ten days before Janhvi’s 21st birthday
• Sister: Khushi Kapoor, also an actress
• Half-siblings: Arjun Kapoor (actor) and Anshula Kapoor, from Boney Kapoor’s first marriage
• Uncles: Actors Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor
• Grandfather: The late filmmaker Surinder Kapoor

Education & Training

• Studied at Ecole Mondiale World School, Mumbai
• Took an acting course at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in California before her film debut

Janhvi Kapoor Career Highlights

2018 – Debut with Dhadak

• Debuted opposite Ishaan Khatter in Shashank Khaitan’s Dharma Productions romance, a Hindi remake of the Marathi film Sairat
• Reviews were largely negative, but with a worldwide gross of about ₹1.1 billion the film was a commercial success
• Won the Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut and was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut

2020 – Streaming debut with Ghost Stories

• Appeared in Zoya Akhtar’s segment of the Netflix horror anthology film

2020 – Biopic: Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl

• Played Indian Air Force pilot Gunjan Saxena in the title role
• Released on Netflix rather than in cinemas because of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Earned her first Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress

2021 – Horror-comedy: Roohi

• Played a dual role opposite Rajkummar Rao
• The film and her performance were panned, and it did poorly at the box office

2022 – Good Luck Jerry and Mili

• Starred in Good Luck Jerry, a remake of the Tamil film Kolamaavu Kokila, released on Disney+ Hotstar
• Played a young woman trapped in a freezer in Mili, a remake of the Malayalam film Helen; the film flopped but brought her a second Filmfare Best Actress nomination

2023 – Bawaal

• Starred opposite Varun Dhawan in Nitesh Tiwari’s romantic drama, released on Amazon Prime Video
• The film drew criticism for its treatment of the Holocaust

2024 – Three releases, and a Telugu debut

• Reunited with Rajkummar Rao for the cricket drama Mr. & Mrs. Mahi
• Played an Indian Foreign Service officer accused of dissent in the political thriller Ulajh
• Both films underperformed, but her brief role opposite N. T. Rama Rao Jr in Koratala Siva’s Telugu action film Devara: Part 1 grossed over ₹5 billion and became the biggest hit of her career

2025 – Homebound, Param Sundari and Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari

• Played a lower-caste woman facing social discrimination in Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 78th Cannes Film Festival to strong reviews but returned little at the box office
• Starred opposite Sidharth Malhotra in the romantic comedy Param Sundari, which faced backlash for its stereotyping of South Indian culture
• Closed the year with Shashank Khaitan’s Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari; all three 2025 releases underperformed commercially

2026 – Peddi

• Featured in Buchi Babu Sana’s Telugu action film opposite Ram Charan, a film several critics faulted for its sexualised framing of her character

Awards List Janhvi Kapoor