With Ishq Vishk, Shahid Kapoor made his big-screen debut in 2003. He is prepared to make his digital debut with Raj and DK’s crime thriller Farzi, 20 years later. The Kaminey actor opens up about turning 20 years old in the business. His collaboration with Raj and DK, his memories from the Ishq Vishk set, his advice to Imtiaz Ali after learning the working title of Jab We Met, playing a tough bad boy in Kaminey, changing into Tommy Singh for Udta Punjab, and more in a candid interview.
The actor says, “First of all, I want to thank everyone for their support over the past 20 years and for their love and well wishes. So, I’m grateful. Well, Farzi is undoubtedly something about which I am quite enthusiastic. It sounded like it might be something pretty remarkable from the get-go. In fact, when Raj and DK contacted me about a movie, I inquired as to whether or not they had a show. And they were extremely taken aback by the fact that I wanted to work on a digital project since, after Kabir Singh, they all assumed I only wanted to work on motion pictures.”
Shahid Kapoor:
“Additionally, I don’t really follow conventions. I like to act on my gut feelings and have developed a passion for watching stuff on internet platforms. In addition, I was itching to try a long-form project that would require me to portray a character for six hours on screen rather than, say, two in a movie. And I had binge-watched a tonne of series because I was addicted to them, and they made up a sizable portion of my intake.” Shahid states.
Shahid Kapoor further adds, “You know that I had no reason to. And since I had watched Family Man Seasons 1 and 2, Raj and DK were the first individuals that sprang to mind for me. I watched the first episode when it aired, then I eagerly awaited the second, and we really had a conversation even before the second episode aired. Because it was 2019 and they had contacted me with the same theme as a movie earlier, I believe it was immediately following the first one. The topic’s other issue was that it was too broad. The story was too big to fit within a show.”
He concludes, “So it’s odd that a few years later they came to me and said, “Now that we’ve kind of fleshed it out and put it into a programme,” perhaps it was in my destiny. I knew I wanted to do it after they kind of guided me through it. So, it was almost like an automatic yes. I just wanted to do it because the subject matter was so intriguing and the character was so great.”
