00:00Show one frame of Janhvi Kapoor, especially in the entire first half, where the idea is not objectification.
00:05What's caught people's attention in the film Paithi, wasn't Janhvi Kapoor's performance.
00:10It was about why the film seemed so determined to sexualize her.
00:13What about Janhvi Kapoor's role?
00:14Janhvi Kapoor's role.
00:18Not her character, a Tiamma story.
00:21Not her role in the narrative, but the way she was framed on screen.
00:24And that's what makes the backlash interesting.
00:27My biggest fear, Janhvi Kapoor's role in the film.
00:29This isn't the first time Janhvi Kapoor has found herself in this position.
00:32In Devara, her Telugu debut opposite Junior NTR audience it had similar complaints.
00:38Despite all the hype surrounding her casting, the character ultimately existed more as a glamorous presence than a meaningful part
00:45of the story.
00:45Which raises a larger question.
00:47Janhvi Kapoor is the daughter of Shri Devi, one of the greatest female stars South Indian cinema has ever produced.
00:53Kapoor has worked opposite Junior NTR.
00:56She's worked opposite Ramcharan.
00:58She's getting the kind of projects most actors would only dream of.
01:01So why do the conversations around her roles keep coming back to the same thing?
01:05Janhvi Kapoor is a very beautiful movie.
01:07At some point, the debate stops being about Janhvi Kapoor and starts being about how commercial cinema still writes its
01:13women.
01:13Because if audiences leave remembering how the heroine was shot rather than the character she played, that's not an acting
01:21problem.
01:21It's a filmmaking problem.
01:24The film continues to be in the film.
01:25The film continues to be in the film.
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