Influencer questions Janhvi accent in Param Sundari. Siddharth Malhotra, Janhvi Kapoor's Param Sundari directed by Tushar Jalota is releasing on 29 Aug 2025.
The film unit is promoting the film in a huge way but in-between Malayalee stars and celebrities are questioning why the makers did not cast a Malayalee actress in the lead role instead of Janhvi. Even though Janhvi shared her love towards Malayalam industry, there are no takers.
In the midst of all this, a Malayalee influencer questioned Janhvi's accent in the film. Malayali influencer Divya Nair’s Instagram handle reportedly got a copyright strike after she shared a video about the film.
She posted “Poor diction can sometimes be forgiven, but here, the Malayalam words itself aren’t clear or correct. The film was shot in Kerala on a massive budget. Why couldn’t the makers spend a fraction of that money on hiring a local dialect coach? Also, in the scene where Janhvi introduces herself as Theykkapetta Sundari Damodaran Pillai, the result is unintentionally hilarious as in Malayalam; ‘Theykkapetta’ is slang for someone dumped.”
She continued “The surname is wrong — she pronounces it as ‘Pillai’, whereas in Malayalam, it’s pronounced ‘Pilla’. Bollywood had better options. Nayanthara, Keerthy Suresh, Nithya Menen, Sai Pallavi, or Samantha [Ruth Prabhu] put in effort and respect the languages they work in. They would have done justice to the role.”
Many netizens were left divided by Janhvi’s portrayal of a girl from Kerala. Some claimed that Malayali girls are not always doing Mohiniyattam, whereas others pointed out that women from Kerala don’t just wear jasmine flowers in their hair.