How
Shashank
Finalized
Janhvi?
"Two
months
before
'Badrinath...'
I
started
hanging
out
with
her
to
understand
her
process
and
realised
she
knows
cinema.
By
the
third
meeting,
we
were
talking
about
how
a
character
works
in
a
film.
"I
figured
her
process
is
similar
to
what
I
had
learnt
from Naseeruddin
Shah sir.
I
gave
her
a
few
scenes
of
'Badri...'
and
when
she
performed
those,
I
knew
she
understood
what
she
was
doing," Khaitan
says.
How
Ishaan
Came
On
Board?
For
the
male
lead,
Ishaan
Khatter,
actor
Shahid
Kapoor's
half-brother,
the
director
says
he
and
Johar
got
acquainted
with
him
through
his
"quirky" Instagram videos.
"When
we
met
him,
we
realised
he
was
gifted.
He
turned
out
to
be
a
natural
fit
for
'Dhadak'
-
age-wise
and
also
for
Madhukar's
character.
He
impressed
us
right
from
the
beginning,"
he
says.
Shashank
On
Resuming
Shoot
Of
Dhadak
Post
Sridevi's
Demise
Janhvi
resumed
shooting
for
her
debut
within
13
days
of
Sridevi's
demise
this
February,
the
filmmaker
said.
"It
was
very
important
not
just
for
me
but
for
my
entire
team
to
isolate
what
had
happened
as
a
personal
tragedy
and
get
back
to
filmmaking
in
a
professional
way.
Everything
I
felt
at
that
point
was
dealt
on
a
personal
level.
Credit
to
Janhvi
and
her
family
on
how
they
dealt
with
it.
"When
we
came
back
on
sets,
it
was
really
important
that
we
focus
on
the
film
and
not
let
it
bog
us
down
or
do
things
differently
because
then
we
would
be
cheating
the
film,"
Khaitan
told PTI.
Shashank
Praises
Janhvi
For
Her
'Strength'
The director praises Kapoor for
showing
strength
of
character
in
tough
times.
He
says
once
the
21-year-old actor was
back
on
set,
it
was
work
as
usual.
"We
were
behaving
the
way
we
were
earlier
and
trying
to
make
things
normal.
We
had
a
proper
12-hour
working
day
when
she
returned
and
we
didn't
make
any
special
efforts
to
reduce
the
time
or
go
slower,"
he
says.
"As
someone
who
knows
her
and
her
family,
there
were
certain
things
I
would
do
differently
on
a
personal
level
which
I
would
continue
to
do.
But
as
a
film
director,
I
had
a
responsibility
not
only
towards
her
but
to
everybody
associated
with
'Dhadak',"
he
adds.