The
Common
Thing
Between
Janhvi
Kapoor
&
Sridevi's
First
Break
In
Bollywood
While
Janhvi
Kapoor's
debut
'Dhadak'
is
an
official
remake
of
the
Marathi
blockbuster
'Sairat',
Sridevi's
first
Bollywood
film
'Solva
Sawan'
was
a
remake
of
a
Tamil
film
'Pathinaru
Vayathinile'.
Interestingly
Sridevi
played
the
female
lead
in
the
original
film
as
well.
Before
Solva
Sawan,
Sridevi
had
appeared
as
a
child
actor
in
the
smash-hit
Julie
which
released
in
1975.
Sridevi
Was
Skeptical
Of
Bollywood
Solva
Sawan
director
Bharathiraja
recalled
in
an
interview,
"There
are
a
lot
of
actresses
who
forayed
into
Bollywood
and
other
industries
and
disappeared
without
a
trace.
But
Sridevi
was
an
exception.
She
ruled
all
the
film
industries
during
her
heydays.
Today,
I
can
proudly
say
that
I'm
the
one
who
introduced
her
in
Bollywood
through
Solva
Sawan
where
she
shared
the
screen
with
Amol
Palekar.
When
I
told
her
about
the
remake
idea,
she
was
skeptical
and
refused
to
set
foot
in
Hindi
cinema.
Then
I
promised
her
that
I
would
take
care
of
everything
and
convinced
her
to
do
the
film.
She
later
climbed
up
the
ladder
of
Bollywood
through
her
relentless
hard
work
and
extraordinary
talent."
Years
later,
the
actress
wasn't
impressed
when
she
learnt
about
her
daughter
Janhvi's
acting
aspirations
and
asked
her
to
reconsider
her
decision.
Janhvi
recently
recalled
in
an
interview,
"
She
never
wanted
me
to
be
an
actress.
She
was
more
relaxed
about
Khushi
getting
into
films.
She
thought
I
was
naïve,
that
I
wasn't
thick-skinned
enough.
She
wanted
us
to
live
a
more
relaxed
life.
She
loved
what
she
did
but
you
know
it
was
intense."
How
Janhvi
&
Sridevi
Landed
Their
Respective
Debut
Films
Speaking
about
how
Dhadak
happened,
Janhvi
recently
revealed,
"Karan
(Johar)
had
come
home
after
Manish
Malhotra
suggested
he
should
meet
me.
Manish
was
the
first
person
who
thought
I
was
capable
of
becoming
an
actor.
Even
before
I
could
think
of
it,
he
asked
me
to
consider
it.
Then,
Karan
came
home,
we
had
a
brief
meeting
and
he
asked
me
to
meet
him
at
his
office.
I
did
readings
with
him
-
I
would
read
poetry
and
act
out
scenes.
Then,
Dhadak
happened."
On
the
other
hand,
Sridevi
wasn't
interested
in
foraying
into
Bollywood.
But
director
Bharathiraja
eventually
convinced
her
to
give
it
a
shot.
Her
Solva
Sawan
co-star
Amol
Palekar
revealed
in
a
TOI
interview,
"Kamal
(Haasan)
called
me
and
told
me
about
'Pathinaru
Vayathinile' which
needed
a
Hindi
remake.
He
said
only
I
could
do
the
lead
role.
I
watched
the
original
and
said
Sridevi
must
act
in
the
Hindi
remake
too.
So,
I
met
her
at
her
residence."
What's
In
The
Plot?
Solva
Sawan
revolved
around
a
young
educated
girl
(Sridevi)
who
falls
for
a
vet
and
sacrifices
her
dream
of
being
a
teacher.
Meanwhile
Amol
Palekar
plays
a
physically-handicapped
orphan
who
is
besotted
with
her.
The
film
revolved
around
how
Sridevi's
character
gets
a
new
perspective
on
life
after
the
vet
shuns
her
for
refusing
to
commit
to
him.
Dhadak
revolves
around
first
love
set
against
the
backdrop
of
casteism
and
honour
killings.
Co-Stars
Speak
Speaking
about
Janhvi,
her
co-star
Ishaan
Khatter
said,
" The
first
time
I
met
Janhvi
on
the
sets,
I
took
her
to
watch
La
La
Land,
because
she
hadn't
seen
it.
Soon,
we
started
bonding
over
cinema
-
both
of
us
are
film
buffs
-
and
we
realised
we
share
a
natural
equation.She
brings
a
smile
to
people's
faces.
She
is
dedicated,
sincere,
curious
and
is
passionate
about
acting.
She
is
unintentionally
funny
sometimes."
Sridevi's
first
Hindi
film
co-star
Amol
Palekar
recalled,
"We
forged
a
good
friendship.
She
was
extremely
young,
and
I
still
remember
how
shy
and
guarded
she
was,
as
she
was
not
very
comfortable
speaking
English."
Box
Office
Performance
Unfortunately
Sridevi's
debut
'Solva
Sawan'
flopped
miserably
at
the
box
office.
Speaking
about
it,
the
late
actress
had
once
said
in
an
interview,
"Solva
Saawan
was
and
still
is
a
bad
memory.
I
had
earlier
done
the
Tamil
and
Telugu
versions
of
the
same
film,
so
by
the
time
I
got
to
the
Hindi
version,
I
was
bored
sick!
One
vivid
memory
of
the
film
is
my
messing
up
the
first
take
on
the
first
day
of
shooting,
which
I'm
very
superstitious
about.
I
knew
then,
that
the
film
would
be
a
flop."
Meanwhile,
the
fate
of
Janhvi's
debut
movie
is
yet
to
be
sealed.