Why didn't Vaani's career take off?

She has such a promising debut in Shuddh Desi Romance and she was pretty good in Befikre too, though by that time she had ruined her face. But I find her a complete package-- can act, dance, looks good. Also, with a mentor like Aditya Chopra, isn't it surprising that she didn't get plum projects in her lap?

What's ur opinion on her?

Love Vaani a lot..she is awesome.❤️Loved her in SDR though I felt the movie was a bit boring.

I am just surprised that she didn’t get more offers after SDR.I am glad she is there in Abhishek Kapoors next.Hope she has a good role there.

I may be in minority..but I feel the plastic surgery has really settled down.I found her good in Befikre too

Spent too much time on rani ka Raja.

Because her plastic surgery didn take off.

^ what she said. I saw War, and her close up just shows how she unfortunately ruined her face. so anybody would think before casting her😒

Thanks to Adi, aur kya😆 The famous YRF contract. She atleast deserves a chance to act in good movies. I think she's signed a couple of them now. Let's see how she does in both.

Based on her own words, it seems to be her lack of ambition or desire to do a lot of work and inability to network outside YRF. She has mentioned in multiple IVs that she had received many offers but she didn't feel they were right and wanted to wait. Adi cast her in his own directorial so she has plenty of support but sounds like she herself hasn't been smart about her career moves.

On her repertoire of films, Vaani says, “I want to do more films since there are many amazing filmmakers creating wonderful projects. I have received a lot of offers but something or the other didn’t click so far. There was always something amiss. It has been a conscious decision to wait until something better and exciting comes my way. I didn’t want to be unfair on myself as I’m passionate about acting. I’ve always felt one must do less work and nurture the little that they do.”

https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2019/oct/06/interview--i-dont-give-up-easily-says-war-actress-vaani-kapoor-2042818.html

All your films, including the one that you’re shooting right now — Shamshera — have been produced by Yash Raj films. Is that just a coincidence or is it by choice?

No, no choice like that. I want to work with such talented filmmakers who are outside YRF as well. Zoya Akhtar is one who I absolutely love and I hope some day in life I get the opportunity and that she considers me. There’s Sanjay Leela Bhansali, there’s Sujoy Ghosh, there’s such a pool of talented filmmakers and I’m greedy as an actor to want to work with such people. But yeah, it just so happened that I’ve never really gone out and interacted with anybody, I’ve never been asked to audition for anything, only YRF has taken my auditions.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/vaani-kapoor-on-war-handling-the-failure-of-befikre-and-having-aditya-chopra-as-mentor/cid/1709675

Originally posted by: HugeScarcity

I’ve never been asked to audition for anything, only YRF has taken my auditions.

Lol, even established actors lobby for roles but she thinks she will be asked to audition by big filmmakers lol. They probably don't even know she exists. Thank god for Aditya Chopra otherwise she'd not be getting any films with this attitude.

There's a time for everything. Vaani unfortunately wasted those golden years after Shuddh Desi Romance. They realized that after the failure of Befikre and panicked.Now to make up for it, Adi is casting in anything and everything likely to be a sure hit. Casting her opposite established stars like Hrithik and Ranbir. Hence War and Shamshera.

Because Adi Chopra was busy taking off stuff with her.