Overview

• Kapoor recalls being photographed and judged for every reaction after 2018, saying her loss was treated as entertainment and even became a meme.
• She says she and sister Khushi avoided showing vulnerability in public, which she believes reduced empathy toward them and contributed to her cynicism about human nature.
• Growing up during the rise of social media and constant paparazzi exposure, she says, shaped a public image of privilege and denied her the chance to be first known through her work.
• Sridevi died on February 24, 2018, in Dubai in what authorities reported as an accidental drowning, months before Kapoor’s debut in Dhadak that July.
• Vogue’s feature includes expert context that grief is non‑linear and varies by individual, underscoring Kapoor’s insistence on mourning privately on her own terms.