Shahid Kapoor, who is currently busy with the promotions and release of his latest film Jersey, recently talked about his Shandaar & Udta Punjab co-star and dear friend Alia Bhatt. Shahid said that she has 'shown the world that you don’t need a hero if you are good enough'.
During the interview, when asked about Alia, Shahid said, “I feel like I have seen her grow into the human being she is today because I have worked with her at a very early stage in her career…And, I think when Shaandaar happened it was very early, and then, I sent her script for Udta Punjab and told her that ‘you should do this role’ and the director was not convinced that she could do it because she has fair skin and she is a city-ish kind of girl so he thought she’s not right for the character but she met us and morphosized herself in the character…”
He further added that he is proud of Alia and said, “I am very proud to see how well she has done so early in her career and how she become such a thorough professional. She is somebody who’s motivating most of the younger actresses to do work and take ownerships of their careers. She has shown the world that you don’t need a hero if you are good enough, you can hold it (movie) on your own”
Talking about Jersey - the film starring Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur in the lead roles is the official remake of the 2019 Telugu film of the same name in which Nani and Shraddha Srinath portrayed the central characters. The film, presented by Allu Arvind, produced by Dil Raju, S. Naga Vamsi and Aman Gill, has been directed by the original director Gowtam Tinnanuri, and it also stars Shahid's father Pankaj Kapoor. The film released yesterday and has been receiving great reviews.
(Source: Siddharth Kannan YouTube)
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