EXCLUSIVE: Vishal Jethwa Admits Manifesting A Love Story With Homebound Co-Star Janhvi Kapoor; REACTS To Her Cold Vibe Controversy With Ishaan Khatter At Cannes 2025

Vishal Jethwa, Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor are gearing up for their film Homebound. The film went to the Cannes Film Festival 2025. In an exclusive chat with Bollywood Bubble, Vishal opened up on his bond with Janhvi, clarified her cold vibe controversy with Ishaan during Cannes 2025. The Mardaani 2 actor also mentioned he is manifesting to do a love story with Kapoor.

Vishal Jethwa Reveals Shikhar Pahariya Clicked All Pictures Of Him And Janhvi Kapoor

When shown a picture of him with Janhvi Kapoor at the Cannes Film Festival, Vishal Jethwa recalled, “Okay, main aur Janhvi, haan… toh interview complete karne ke baad humne socha ki chalo walk karte-karte dono hotel ki taraf chalte hain. Main aur apni Sudha, yeh hamari prem kahani. Yeh photo kheechi hai, Shikhar ne. Janhvi aayi, boli, ‘Mujhe ice cream khani hai,’ toh maine bola, ‘Shikhar ko bhi bula lo.’ Shikhar aaya, hum sab log wahan pe khade the, baatein-waatein kar rahe the, kuch gappe maar rahe the. Janhvi kehti hai, ‘Shikhu, Shikhu! Vishal ki aur meri aisi ice cream khate hue photo lo,’ toh humari photo li gayi, aur bhai, yeh photo toh viral ho gayi! Iss se toh mera budget bhi badh gaya.”

Vishal On His Bond With Janhvi

Vishal also opened up about his bond with Janhvi Kapoor. He shared, “Haan arre, Janhvi bohot hi sweet hai. Hum dono ki life journey aur upbringing bohot hi alag rahi hai — definitely, sabko pata hai, bilkul opposite rahi hai. But phir bhi hum dono ek doosre se kaafi connect kar paaye. Use mera sense of humour pasand hai. Ab mere jokes thode middle-class type hote hain, uske jokes thode English wale hote honge, but woh mere jokes pe hasti hai. Aur mujhe lagta hai kabhi-kabhi ki yeh meri class le rahi hai, aur main bhi uski maze udaata hoon kabhi-kabhi.”

He added, “Aur woh kehti hai, ‘Vishal, tum na bade masti kar rahe ho mere saath, bohot maze le rahe ho!’ Bhai… ‘tum bhai nahi bola!’ (laughs) Thank you! Nahi bola? Bhai ne hi bola tha, meri galti se… fir galti se nikal gaya ‘bhai.’ Toh matlab abhi bhi, kabhi bhi, hum log itne connected hain ki mujhe kabhi aisa tension nahi aayega agar mujhe Janhvi ko call karna ho. Woh itni accessible lagti hai, badi hi natural, aur jo woh hai, woh hi hai. Agar kuch chhoti-moti cheezein mujhe usse poochhni ho, toh she is very much available for me. Main chahta hoon ki hum dono ki koi love story wali ek proper film aaye. Yeh bhi manifest karte hain.”

Vishal On VIRAL Pic From Cannes When Janhvi Didn’t Hold Ishaan’s Arm While Walking

Vishal clarified what happened between Janhvi and Ishaan at the Cannes Film Festival. He said, “Main already yeh baat keh chuka hoon, Janhvi aur Ishaan ek doosre ke saath bohot hi comfortable hain, aur bohot achhe se baat kar sakte hain. Woh ek doosre ke well-wishers hain. Mujhe yaad hai uss waqt ki baat, jab Janhvi ne woh trail wali, matlab bohot lambi dress pehni thi. Toh humari already yeh baat ho chuki thi ki woh akeli chal nahi paayegi, toh maine socha main woh dress utha loonga.”

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He added, “Janhvi ne apni dress bhi hold karke rakhi thi, aur Ishaan ne haath diya. Jaise hi Ishaan ne haath diya, agar Janhvi woh haath leti toh uske haathon se dress chhoot jaata. Isiliye, I think usne haath nahi liya. Isse zyada kuch ho hi nahi sakta. Because I have seen both of them working together very comfortably aur aisa kuch hai hi nahi jo baat ban rahi hai.”

About Janhvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter Cannes Controversy

A controversy erupted at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival after a viral video appeared to show Janhvi Kapoor ignoring Ishaan Khatter’s hand on the red carpet and during an interview, leading to widespread online criticism accusing her of being rude and unprofessional. Vishal Jethwa, who was also present and seen in the video, came to Kapoor’s defense. He explained that she was likely focused on managing the long trail of her gown at the time and didn’t intentionally overlook Khatter’s gesture. Jethwa emphasised that Kapoor is a sensible person who would never deliberately behave disrespectfully.

About Homebound

Homebound is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Neeraj Ghaywan. The film stars Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor. It is produced by Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra under the banner of Dharma Productions.

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