Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor photographed at an event in Mumbai.
Mumbai:
His Shaandaar co-star Alia Bhatt was the main reason why Shahid Kapoor gave his nod for the film.
When asked about his inspiration for doing the Vikas Bahl film, Shahid said: "My inspiration for Shaandaar is Alia. I wanted to work with Alia Bhatt and it was my only opportunity." (Also Read: Alia Bhatt to Shahid Kapoor's Shaandaar Rescue)
The opportunity, however, was repeated for Shahid as he will be seen again with Alia in Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab, which will also star Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Shaandaar is clearly one of the most anticipated films of the year, but Shahid said that their recent success was responsible for it being considered as a 'big' film.
"Honestly, when we signed the film and were shooting for it, Vikas' Queen hadn't released, my Haider hadn't released and Alia's Highway was about to release. So the time when we took up this film, we weren't exciting people. And the year passed and the films of all three of us were liked by viewers. So Shaandaar became a very big film," he said. (Also Read: Now, a Shaandaar Dilemma for the Makers)
Shahid described Shaandaar as a "Very easy, breezy, fun film, the kind where you don't feel the pressure of anything."
He continued: "But we never made Shaandaar from the point of view of making it big. We made it because it's a really nice, entertaining film and has a fresh concept. Vikas has taken a love story and I don't think we've had a destination wedding film before. So we've just gone out there and made the film that it needs to be, by just going out there and having fun."
Shaandaar, which also stars Shahid's father Pankaj Kapur as Alia Bhatt's father, will release on Dusshera 2015.
When asked about his inspiration for doing the Vikas Bahl film, Shahid said: "My inspiration for Shaandaar is Alia. I wanted to work with Alia Bhatt and it was my only opportunity." (Also Read: Alia Bhatt to Shahid Kapoor's Shaandaar Rescue)
The opportunity, however, was repeated for Shahid as he will be seen again with Alia in Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab, which will also star Kareena Kapoor Khan.
Shaandaar is clearly one of the most anticipated films of the year, but Shahid said that their recent success was responsible for it being considered as a 'big' film.
"Honestly, when we signed the film and were shooting for it, Vikas' Queen hadn't released, my Haider hadn't released and Alia's Highway was about to release. So the time when we took up this film, we weren't exciting people. And the year passed and the films of all three of us were liked by viewers. So Shaandaar became a very big film," he said. (Also Read: Now, a Shaandaar Dilemma for the Makers)
Shahid described Shaandaar as a "Very easy, breezy, fun film, the kind where you don't feel the pressure of anything."
He continued: "But we never made Shaandaar from the point of view of making it big. We made it because it's a really nice, entertaining film and has a fresh concept. Vikas has taken a love story and I don't think we've had a destination wedding film before. So we've just gone out there and made the film that it needs to be, by just going out there and having fun."
Shaandaar, which also stars Shahid's father Pankaj Kapur as Alia Bhatt's father, will release on Dusshera 2015.
