Devara Part 1 is Janhvi Kapoor's first Telugu film, in which she stars opposite Jr NTR. The film, set to release on September 27, is an action drama. Currently, the cast is on a promotional spree, and they recently participated in a chat hosted by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. The Devara: Part 1 cast—Jr NTR, Saif Ali Khan, Janhvi Kapoor, and director Koratala Siva—were present at the interview where Jr NTR praised Janhvi's fluency in Telugu and her performance in the film.

Jr NTR praised Janhvi Kapoor

During the conversation, Vanga asked Janhvi how different it was to work in Telugu cinema, to which her co-star Jr NTR interrupted and said, “I was shocked when I saw her. Ye ladki aayi hai Bombay se, kya pata hoga (She is a girl from Bombay, how much will she know)? Although her roots are in South India, speaking in Telugu is sometimes (tough)… But she was (snaps his fingers to gesture he was impressed with her). There was a scene in which this woman just went all out. And Siva was looking at the monitor, and he was looking at me (for my reaction). I was like… she was fabulous. I was shocked."