‘Aspiring comedian’ Janhvi Kapoor requests for ‘kindness’: ‘You weren’t kind with my debut’. Watch

Janhvi Kapoor is trying her hand at stand-up comedy and the promo for the same is out.

Janhvi Kapoor is trying stand-up comedy. (Photo: Instagram/janhvikapoor)

Janhvi Kapoor has been an actor in the movies for almost five years now and she is now trying her hand at stand-up comedy. In a new promo shared on the social media handles of ‘I Pledge To Prevent’, Janhvi can be seen trying comedy as she introduces herself as an “aspiring comedian.”

She then proceeds to say, “With a first time performance, you have to be a little kind, which some of you weren’t with my debut film.” The short promo doesn’t divulge much about Janhvi’s performance as a comic but the full video, which comes out on February 29, promises more jokes. Titled ‘Leap, Laugh & Learn’, the video is in collaboration with the organisation that works for the prevention of HPV. The Instagram handle of Serum Institute India also shared the video.

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Janhvi Kapoor was last seen with Varun Dhawan in the Nitesh Tiwari film Bawaal which ran into many controversies. A scene in the film, where her character says ‘we’re all a little like Hitler’, was severely criticised. The film’s overall outlook towards the Holocaust was seen as ‘trivialising the tragedy’ which led to Simon Wiesenthal Center asking for a ban on the film.

Janhvi will next be seen with Jr NTR in Devara. She will also be seen with Rajkummar Rao in Mr and Mrs Mahi. Apart from these two films, Janhvi is also set to star in Shashank Khaitan’s next with Varun Dhawan, titled Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari.

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Janhvi recently opened up about the craft of acting and said that even though she went to acting school in Los Angeles, she ‘learnt nothing’ there. Janhvi said that she enjoyed the anonymity that she got living away from her parents but realised that the way they taught acting in LA, it was more inclined towards Hollywood’s work culture. She pointed out that she would have benefitted more by living in India and learning about Indian culture. “I wish I could have used that time getting to know my people and my country and my language a little better because I am telling the stories of my people, not of them,” she told The Week.

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