Shahid will be seen next in Phata Poster Nikhla Hero
Mumbai:
Actor Shahid Kapoor, who will beseen next in Phata Poster Nikhla Hero releasing this week,has not been able to impress the box-office in the recent pastbut is hopeful of better days ahead.
Post Badmaash Company in 2010, the 32-year-old'sfilms have not done well at the box office and he thinks histime is not right.
"I feel when the time is right almost every decisionyou make seems right. And my time is not right and all mydecisions don't seem to go right. Because the time when yousign a film and till the time the film gets made it is a longjourney. Once I have taken a decision I have always stood byit... regardless of the final outcome," Shahid said.
"I think I should not change myself according to myfilms irrespective of how they fare. I must stay true tomyself. I am a creative person and my job is to act."
The actor does feel he has done less number of filmsand now his focus is to do more good and quality work.
"I think I have done less work and this is something Ineeded to focus on. And I am working on building equationswith people. I want to work with directors whom I cancompletely submit myself to. I think that is very important.
Rajkumar Santoshi, Prabhu Deva, Vishal Bharadwaj are the kindof filmmakers I can trust blindly and follow," he said.
"As an actor you have to make an effort to buildequation with the people you work with. It is not a forcedeffort. But you need to take certain steps to make the teaminvest in you and you invest in them."
After the phenomenal success of Jab We Met in 2007,Shahid had said he will be ultra choosy about his work.
"Sometimes being ultra choosy works in your favoursometimes it doesn't. After Vivah I sat at home for sixmonths and then did Jab We Met and this film worked so I waschoosy about works. After that my next two films did not dowell so I was like this (being choosy) doesn't work," he said.
"I don't think you can really have a plan. I don'tthink there is any set plan that an actor can have. The moretime you spend here (in Bollywood), the more you realise youshould not take yourself seriously.
"An actor needs to be like clay, he needs to allowother people to mould him as this adds variety," the actoradded.
Speaking about his film 'Phata Poster Nikla Hero' directedby Rajkumar Santoshi, Shahid said the action comedy, whichreleases this Friday, will present him in a new avatar."It is out an out a masala entertaining character, which Ihaven't played earlier. I haven't said massy one liners,tapori songs etc...this zone is different for me. The mostchallenging part was to adapt to this genre," the actor said.Shahid was all praise for Santoshi, who according to him,is also a good actor and he just followed his instructions.In the film, Shahid will be seen as an ardent fan ofSalman Khan. Shahid said in real life too, he is a fan of the'Dabangg' star and hence there was no difficulty in playingthis part.
"Our generation is a huge fan of all three Khans...we allhave seen their films. I have seen a lot of hysterical fansand this time it was exciting that I got chance to play a fan.I have played a hyper and desperate fan."
Ekta Kapoor-produced film Milan Talkies has been in thenews for a while now, mainly because of speculation regardingits lead actor. Earlier, the film was supposed to have ImranKhan in the lead, but a few days back Shahid's name starteddoing the round.
Shahid, who has completed a decade in Bollywood, set therecord straight, saying the film has been offered to him buthe hasn't signed it yet.
The Ishq Vishk actor thinks film promotions areimportant in today's era as the market is growing, so actorshave to go all out and promote their work.
"If anybody of my generation thinks they have reached outto the entire country they are stupid. There is a largeaudience who still doesn't know much about us. The generationahead of us, like Khans and others, are working for 25 yearsand so everybody is aware of their work. For our generation itis extremely important to promote a film," he added.
Post Badmaash Company in 2010, the 32-year-old'sfilms have not done well at the box office and he thinks histime is not right.
"I feel when the time is right almost every decisionyou make seems right. And my time is not right and all mydecisions don't seem to go right. Because the time when yousign a film and till the time the film gets made it is a longjourney. Once I have taken a decision I have always stood byit... regardless of the final outcome," Shahid said.
"I think I should not change myself according to myfilms irrespective of how they fare. I must stay true tomyself. I am a creative person and my job is to act."
The actor does feel he has done less number of filmsand now his focus is to do more good and quality work.
"I think I have done less work and this is something Ineeded to focus on. And I am working on building equationswith people. I want to work with directors whom I cancompletely submit myself to. I think that is very important.
Rajkumar Santoshi, Prabhu Deva, Vishal Bharadwaj are the kindof filmmakers I can trust blindly and follow," he said.
"As an actor you have to make an effort to buildequation with the people you work with. It is not a forcedeffort. But you need to take certain steps to make the teaminvest in you and you invest in them."
After the phenomenal success of Jab We Met in 2007,Shahid had said he will be ultra choosy about his work.
"Sometimes being ultra choosy works in your favoursometimes it doesn't. After Vivah I sat at home for sixmonths and then did Jab We Met and this film worked so I waschoosy about works. After that my next two films did not dowell so I was like this (being choosy) doesn't work," he said.
"I don't think you can really have a plan. I don'tthink there is any set plan that an actor can have. The moretime you spend here (in Bollywood), the more you realise youshould not take yourself seriously.
"An actor needs to be like clay, he needs to allowother people to mould him as this adds variety," the actoradded.
Speaking about his film 'Phata Poster Nikla Hero' directedby Rajkumar Santoshi, Shahid said the action comedy, whichreleases this Friday, will present him in a new avatar."It is out an out a masala entertaining character, which Ihaven't played earlier. I haven't said massy one liners,tapori songs etc...this zone is different for me. The mostchallenging part was to adapt to this genre," the actor said.Shahid was all praise for Santoshi, who according to him,is also a good actor and he just followed his instructions.In the film, Shahid will be seen as an ardent fan ofSalman Khan. Shahid said in real life too, he is a fan of the'Dabangg' star and hence there was no difficulty in playingthis part.
"Our generation is a huge fan of all three Khans...we allhave seen their films. I have seen a lot of hysterical fansand this time it was exciting that I got chance to play a fan.I have played a hyper and desperate fan."
Ekta Kapoor-produced film Milan Talkies has been in thenews for a while now, mainly because of speculation regardingits lead actor. Earlier, the film was supposed to have ImranKhan in the lead, but a few days back Shahid's name starteddoing the round.
Shahid, who has completed a decade in Bollywood, set therecord straight, saying the film has been offered to him buthe hasn't signed it yet.
The Ishq Vishk actor thinks film promotions areimportant in today's era as the market is growing, so actorshave to go all out and promote their work.
"If anybody of my generation thinks they have reached outto the entire country they are stupid. There is a largeaudience who still doesn't know much about us. The generationahead of us, like Khans and others, are working for 25 yearsand so everybody is aware of their work. For our generation itis extremely important to promote a film," he added.
