Karan Johar showers praises on Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starrer Kabir Singh; calls it a 'modern ode to Devdas'

By Gurpreet Kaur

on June 21, 2019

Ever since the trailer of Kabir Singh was released, Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani have been grabbing a lot of attention for their portrayal of Kabir and Preeti. Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Kabir Singh is a remake of the Telugu hit film Arjun Reddy, which starred Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey. As the film hit the silver screens today on June 21, the makers hosted a special screening of the film in Mumbai and as expected, it was attended by a host of B-town celebrities. One of those was Karan Johar, who showered heaps of praises on the film, after the screening.

In a social media post, Karan called Kabir Singh a 'modern ode to Devdas' and said that the film's relentless in its narrative will leave you reckless in emotion. Futher terming it as a 'massive hit', Karan stated, "KABIR SINGH is about manic, relentless and reckless love and the experience of viewing the film is exactly the same! It’s relentless in its narrative leaves you reckless in emotion and you find yourself Manicly rooting for Kabir’s unabashed love for Preeti! This modern Ode to Devdas leaves you spellbound! It also makes you stand up and applaud the genius of @shahidkapoor’s portrayal of KABIR SINGH! He lives and breathes the character with insanity and abandon! It almost seems like he has pulled every bit of himself to portray the part! Brilliant!!!! @kiaraaliaadvani is just so lovely! Her vulnerability and silences win your heart and soul!! She is the sunshine and smile of the film.....it’s directorial brilliance all the way! Sandeep is a master storyteller and breaks all cinematic grammar to tell this tale of paagal passionate love!! Huge mention to Soham Majumdar who essays a pitch perfect best friend to Kabir! Go fall and rise in love with Kabir Singh! This ones a massive hit!!!!!"

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KABIR SINGH is about manic, relentless and reckless love and the experience of viewing the film is exactly the same! It’s relentless in its narrative leaves you reckless in emotion and you find yourself Manicly rooting for Kabir’s unabashed love for Preeti! This modern Ode to Devdas leaves you spellbound! It also makes you stand up and applaud the genius of @shahidkapoor’s portrayal of KABIR SINGH! He lives and breathes the character with insanity and abandon! It almost seems like he has pulled every bit of himself to portray the part! Brilliant!!!! @kiaraaliaadvani is just so lovely! Her vulnerability and silences win your heart and soul!! She is the sunshine and smile of the film.....it’s directorial brilliance all the way! Sandeep is a master storyteller and breaks all cinematic grammar to tell this tale of paagal passionate love!! Huge mention to Soham Majumdar who essays a pitch perfect best friend to Kabir! Go fall and rise in love with Kabir Singh! This ones a massive hit!!!!!

A post shared by Karan Johar (@karanjohar) on Jun 20, 2019 at 2:35pm PDT

For the unversed, in Kabir Singh, Shahid will be seen in three avatars -- a college-going boy, one with short hair, and another in an angry mood and a bearded look and ruffled hairdo. On his role, Shahid had earlier said, "Kabir Singh has been an extremely challenging film for me emotionally and physically. Since I had three distinct looks in the film, I had to transform myself to quite an extent."

The film pairs up Shahid and Kiara for the first time on the silver screen.

(Source: Instagram/IANS)