Background and career
Janhvi Kapoor (born 6 March 1997) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Hindi films. Born to film actress Sridevi and producer Boney Kapoor, she made her acting debut in 2018 with the romantic drama Dhadak, which was a commercial success.
Her subsequent theatrical releases were commercially unsuccessful, but she received nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for playing the titular aviator in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020) and a woman trapped in a freezer in Mili (2022). She has also appeared as the leading lady in the Telugu action dramas Devara: Part 1 (2024), which became the highest-grossing film of her career, and Peddi (2026). However, her roles in both films were poorly received, with critics noting their limited prominence within the films' male-dominated narratives. She has since starred in a supporting role as a woman of a lower-caste navigating social discrimination in Homebound (2025).
