SHAHID KAPOOR SPEAKS ON HIS ROLE IN PADMAAVAT!

The movie which was embroiled in controversies, Padmaavat has finally released and is garnering positive response from worldwide. Padmaavat which features Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor in the lead roles have been praised by one and all.

Shahid who plays Maharawal Ratan Singh in Padmaavat is on a high as the actor has just got his first 100 crore film. Though his character was not as the protagonist but it was powerful and Shahid has nailed it.

Shahid on his role

“I feel very happy because I knew it was a big challenge,” says Shahid, as he talks about his career, playing Ratan Singh. I have been working for 15 years now, during which I have mostly done mainstream solo hero films. But when I said yes to Padmaavat, I felt like an underdog for the first time because I knew that out of the three roles, mine – though it was a good part – was the least author-backed. I remember when I met Sanjay sir, he told me, ‘Shahid, I can’t do this film if you say no to it because I need all the three characters to be of a certain type. If you don’t do this, I don’t know how I will make this film because I need the love story to work and I need a hero in the film as I have a very strong anti-hero.’ I told him, ‘sir, I am at a certain stage in my career, so, do you feel I should do this film?’ He said, ‘I wouldn’t have come to you had I not believed (that you should do this film)’. I instantly said yes, and didn’t even hear the script.

How was it to do the role?

I guess, maybe 3-4 years back, I wouldn’t have been able to do it. Today, I feel a certain amount of security as an actor. So, I guess I was ready to take up such a challenge. Even people from within the fraternity have reached out and said that it was really brave of me to do this film. I feel very happy because I knew it was a big challenge.

Speaking about his 15 years of career! 

I honestly feel I have had the kind of journey wherein God has blessed me to keep learning. God must be like, ‘Kabhi yeh mat sochna ki teri seekh khatam ho gayi hai. So, you be a student and keep learning.’ He has always given me a different exam. I have never given the same exam twice or thrice, which means the kind of roles – starting from Jab We Met and Kaminey – that I have played or the kind of genres that I have experimented with. Barring the first 4-5 years of my career when I was quite repetitive, I have had different exams. And due to ‘different exams’, I have been able to learn so much and the fact that my career has been multidimensional has made me a more experienced actor.

We all loved you Shahid in Padmaavat and we have been loving you since 15 years. Many more to come! Congratulations.