Janhvi Kapoor on Thursday got emotional at the International Film Festival of India-2018 when she recited an emotional poem in her late mother's memory. The daughter of the legendary Sridevi had her father, Boney Kapoor, choking with emotion during the recital.

A panel discussion titled ‘Konversation with the Kapoors’ was heartfelt. While acknowledging the void created by Sridevi's absence, a teary-eyed Boney in a voice choked with emotion said, “Nobody is as complete as her as an actor. It would have been nice to have her with us to see her receive the National Award.”

When asked on her observations in the industry and the changes from the current generation’s point of view, Jahnvi said, “The acting and storytelling of the films in the Golden Era were far ahead of the current times. We are stuck in the commercial trap; the freedom in storytelling was more before. Also, India has had a history of women-oriented films across the years but never did we have this practice of stereotyping or giving tags to films, such as ‘female-centric’ or ‘women oriented’, like we do now.”

Jahnvi also said, “The year has been about tremendous personal growth. The worst and the best – both the things have happened to me in the past one year. But I’m extremely pleased with the fact that our family is complete now. About my mother’s loss – we are still in shock and haven’t been able to process it yet. But we are thankful for the love we have received. I just want to entertain you all and aspire to win your love.”

Speaking on the occasion, Boney said, “The current times are our film industry’s diamond era. There is much discipline in place unlike the earlier times. The business has become more streamlined. The reach of our films also has grown multifold.

Earlier, we used to release our films across 50-60 screens in the country, in addition to maybe 10-15 screens outside the country. Now, for example, 'Thugs Of Hindostan' was released across 7000 screens worldwide. I foresee Indian films being screened in almost 10,000 screens soon.”