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Dharma’s “Free Work” Confession Backfires: The Internet Isn’t Buying the Janhvi Kapoor Narrative
When Dharma Productions’ creative head Somen Mishra proudly revealed that Dhadak 2 and Homebound were among the studio’s “most tightly budgeted” films and that Janhvi Kapoor worked for free — it sounded like a story of creative sacrifice. But instead of applause, the claim sparked collective disbelief, sarcasm, and a fair bit of industry-side eye-rolling. “Worked for free”? More like PR worked overtime. Let’s be real — when a statement like “everyone took a pay cut” and “
Vishal waghela
Oct 30, 20253 min read
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