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Shahid Kapoor has not had it easy, despite being veteran actor Pankaj Kapur’s son. In an interview recently with Hindustan Times, the Udta Punjab star shared about the struggles he faced in his early days as an actor.
Everyone thinks that he is Pankaj Kapur’s son, so isko toh break mil gaya hoga (He must have got a break). But I have been rejected from 100 auditions. Sometimes, I didn’t have money to eat food or to even go to the auditions. I have lived that life, and I don’t like talking about it. But that is my realityShahid Kapoor, Actor
He also talked about how as a struggling actor how he didn’t even know who to meet or talk to for a role. And it is that struggle which drives him to achieve excellence today.
My parents were actors, but they were not stars. So, they didn’t have any pull. Mujhe samajh mein nahi aata tha ki kisse milun, kya bolun ya kya karun (I couldn’t understand who to meet, what to say and what to do). Now when I look back, I feel like God has blessed me with this career, and I cannot let this opportunity go to waste. I don’t want to feel satisfied easily (laughs). It has been a 13-year-long wait to reach here. So, it will maybe take 13 years for me to feel relaxed.Shahid Kapoor
Shahid also said that he chooses roles that challenge him as an actor, and he has made choices that have been good, bad or disappointing. “For instance, the length of my role in Udta Punjab wasn’t as long as in Haider,” he says, adding that he took up the project because it gave him an opportunity to play a “great character”.
I feel proud as playing Tommy Singh was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. My instincts, as an actor, are driving my choices. I jump at anything that allows me to do something different. I am not thinking about too many other things.Shahid Kapoor
The actor, who is expecting his first child with wife Mira, will be next seen in Vishal Bharadwaj’s Rangoon.
(Source: Hindustan Times)
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