Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra reveal their first impressions of each other

By Bollywood Reporter

on September 02, 2018

Arjun Kapoor made his debut in the Hindi film industry with Ishaqzaade in 2012, co-starring Parineeti Chopra, and six years later, both of them are all set to reunite with two projects - Namaste England and Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar. Apart from their professional relationship though, Arjun and Parineeti are great friends and in an interview with a leading daily, spoke of their first impressions of each other.

“She was in awe of me, ‘Wow, what a guy!’,” Arjun told the daily.

Well, that’s just so typical of Arjun.

Parineeti, meanwhile, said that she didn’t get along with Arjun initially. In fact, she was of the opinion that Arjun was reserved as such and didn’t prefer conversing with others. But a few meetings later, Parineeti’s perception of the actor changed and she realised that he is not just funny but extremely nice.

“I met him in 2011, when he was a nobody and the same goes for me, I was not an actor then. We have known each other since our first film together, everything associated with our journey and ups and downs. If you see our friendship now, you won’t believe that initially, we never got along. I thought he didn’t talk, was khadoos and always in a bad mood. But when I got to know him, I discovered that he is anything but that. He is one of the funniest and nicest guys I know. Ten minutes with him and he will leave you in splits,” Parineeti told the daily.

Arjun, on the other hand, added that they are honest with each other and that he doesn’t need to think before conversing with her.

“Parineeti used to laugh even when I said serious things. Actually, she would just say ‘Lol’. I would tell her, why don’t you just laugh — ye kaunsi pagal ladki hai jo ‘Lol’ bolti hai. I thought there was something wrong, but I had no choice, as we were doing the film together, so we managed. Ishaqzaade was my first film, but she had already faced the camera for Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl. So, she was more relaxed during the prep. This is not to take away her hard work. I was in a more emotionally vulnerable state as my mother had cancer and her therapy was underway. So, I took time to warm up to her. But we became comfortable with each other within a week,” Arjun said.