Janhvi Kapoor Says Debate Between Mahatma Gandhi, BR Ambedkar Would Be Interesting: 'What They Feel...'

Janhvi Kapoor will soon be seen in Sharan Sharma’s Mr & Mrs Mahi alongside Rajkummar Rao. Recently, the actress was in Delhi to promote the film. The trailer was recently released, and it has sparked a lot of buzz among her fans. Since the actress has been neck deep in promotions for the same, a snippet of her interview has gone viral where she expressed that it would be interesting to watch a debate between Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar.

Speaking with The Lallantop’, Janhvi expressed, “I think it would be very interesting to watch a debate between Ambedkar and Gandhi.” The interviewers exclaimed, “Wow”. The actress continued, “Just a debate between what they stand for and how their views kept changing over time on any one particular topic or how they influenced each other. They’ve both helped our society immensely, so what they feel about each other would be an interesting discourse.”

She continued, “Ambedkar was still very stern and clear from the start what his stand was but I think Gandhi’s view kept evolving as he got more and more exposed to the rampant caste-based discrimination in our society. To learn more about it from a third person’s perspective and enduring it firsthand is quite distinctive from one another.”

Meanwhile, talking about her intense training for her upcoming film, Janhvi shared earlier, “When I started prepping for the film – during Mili promotions – I was 8-9 kilos heavier. Sharan was very stressed. He said, ‘You don’t look like a cricketer and if you really want to do this film, you need to lose weight and need to start training in cricket. Mere jo coach they, Abhishek Nayar, who was my coach, said, ‘Jis tarah ki training aapke saath ki gayi hi, humare IPL players ke saath bhi nahi ki jaati – itna intense tha'(The kind of training that was done with you, even our IPL players don’t get – it was that intense). I used to practise in the nets with KKR players, who got recently recruited.” Janhvi also mentioned she practised everyday for hours at a ground in Bandra.

The makers have now released a behind-the-scenes clip showcasing the intense journey behind training the actress to play a cricketer. Janhvi also shared about her struggles and thanked her trainers for their constant support.

The makers recently dropped a behind-the-scenes clip of Janhvi’s transformation as Mahi including bytes from the director, Sharan Sharman, the coaches and the actress herself. In the clip, the director mentions that Janhvi was initially prepared, assuming the training would be similar to what she had done for Gunjan. But once the training started, she realised it was nothing like that. The coaches mentioned that Janhvi was taken for a cricket workshop, and she observed international cricketers as well. However, the journey was not an easy ride. During the training, the actress broke ligaments on both her shoulders. The director stated that they had discovered that Janhvi has something called MDI or multidirectional instability, which is good for dancers but not so much for cricketers. But she eventually recovered and finished her training. In the BTS, Janhvi also calls her the most unathletic person who had no knowledge about the sport.

Mr. And Mrs. Mahi is all set to release on May 31.