Shahid Kapoor opened up on why he would choose to do South films over ‘trash’ in Hollywood.
In the past, we have seen many Bollywood actors making a transition from Hindi cinema to Hollywood. While there are some who still dream of bagging a break in the west, Shahid Kapoor has a different take on it. In a recent interview, the Kabir Singh actor said that he would chose to do a good project in South film industry rather than doing ‘trash’ in Hollywood.
Admitting that he feels comfortable in the Hindi film industry after having worked for 20 years, Shahid said that he is here to do good work.
The actor told News18 Showsha, “If somebody offers me a Tamil, Telugu or Malayalam movie and if I feel there’s a great role to do and it will satisfy me as an actor, I’ll go do that… If you are chasing performance and calibre, I wouldn’t want to go to Hollywood and do some trash. That’s not what I would want to do.”
He further added, “Abhi mere ko Hollywood mein break mil gaya hai… kuch bhi kar lo… Nahi (Now I got a break in Hollywood, do anything, no)! There has to be a certain feeling from inside. You should feel inspired, excited and challenged to do something then language should not be a barrier. But language is a genuine thing. Some people are good at making a transition but some people are not. It’s not easy to do that…If I get an opportunity, I’d go anywhere. Just give me something exciting. I just did OTT. I don’t care.”
After appearing as a background dancer in a few Bollywood films, Shahid Kapoor made his acting debut with Ken Ghosh’s Ishq Vishk alongside Amrita Rao and Shehnaz Treasurywala. With films like Vivah, Jab We Met, Kaminey, Haider, Udta Punjab and Kabir Singh, the actor established himself as one of the most popular stars in Bollywood. Currently, he is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film, Bloody Daddy which is slated to premiere on Jio Cinema.
