Today is Jahanvi’s birthday. My mind goes back to 1996 when Sridevi was shooting for the film Army and rumours were rife that the actress was pregnant.
In 1997 March arrived at Jahnavi. I had visited Sridevi at the hospital and asked her what name she had chosen for the baby. ‘Not yet’, she responded ‘but revealed that the raashi given by the pundit was Ja n kha’‘ How about Jahnavi I suggested. Sridevi smiled. ‘That is Urmila Matondkar’s character in our film Judai, let me ask Boneyji how he feels about it..
The baby was named Jahnavi and this was revealed on her debut birthday celebrated in their Green Acres building garden. Years went by. I often bumped into Jahanvi with her mother at Anil Kapoor’s home , sometimes at events and sometimes at screenings but we never spoke to each other.
Then she was launched as an actor and I met her cotar Ishaan Khattar for an interview during the promotion shooting of Dhadak.It was a wonderful conversation and Khattar and Kapoor were totally in sync with each other. I was certain that they would always remain friends. But life is cruel and takes people in diverse directions. In show business you can only remain friends if you work together and Jahnavi and Ishaan never worked together again.