Gulshan Devaiah Blames Janhvi Kapoor’s 'Nasty' Trolling on 'Botched' Reddit AMA: 'Nobody Deserves...'

Actor Gulshan Devaiah recently shared his thoughts on nepotism in the film industry, talking about the curiosity that audiences have about star kids. During a chat with Galatta, he also said that he has no idea why his Ulajh co-star Janhvi Kapoor gets trolled on social media. Gulshan suggested that this backlash might stem from a “botched” Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit, which did not go as planned. Despite this, he said he is perplexed by the level of negativity directed toward her and said that nobody deserves it.

Talking about the privileges star kids come with, Gulshan said, “Maybe they have a few advantages but, in many cases, it doesn’t work out as an advantage. Yeah, maybe some of these people get more opportunities, but they also fail. A lot of them fail because audiences are excited by you in the beginning, but then, 2-3 films down the line, we are not so excited. There are so many of them who don’t work anymore.”

When the host spoke about Janhvi Kapoor getting trolled on Reddit, Gulshan dubbed it ‘nasty’. “I have no idea why she gets like trolled so much. I know that one botched AMA was there, but apart from that I feel that it’s a bit on the nasty side. I don’t know if anybody deserves such nasty trolling,” he said, adding that his AMA on Reddit went very well.

Gulshan Devaiah’s statement on ‘not vibing’ with Ulajh co-star Janhvi Kapoor had taken the internet by a storm, not long back. In fact, in an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, he had said that he doesn’t want to put the blame on her for the same. “I’m not saying it’s my or Janhvi’s fault. There are other ways of getting the job done. I never felt a lack of connect with her while doing a scene. Aisa kuch nahi tha ki mujhe uska muh nahi dekhna tha (laughs)! But you can’t expect a family-like situation on every set,” he had told us.

When asked if it was just their different sensibilities that led him to feel that he and Janhvi don’t vibe,he said that they have different ways of working. “We don’t chit-chat. With Roshan (Mathew), at least, I talked about other things beyond work. But with Janhvi, nothing’s there. Having said that, she’s a professional actor regardless of what the perceptions about her are and we bring the game together because it’s our job,” he had said.