Shahid Kapoor desperate for some luck

Actor talks about his luck (and lack thereof) and R…Rajkumar.

Actor Shahid Kapoor made his Bollywood debut back in 2003. After a decade-long career, he only has a handful of successful movies in his pocket — Kaminey and Jab We Met being the main ones. However, the 32-year-old has some high hopes attached to his upcoming venture R…Rajkumar, opposite the famed Sonakshi Sinha.

“I have been unlucky that my films did not work, but I have been lucky as my fan following has been intact. I am lucky that the audience has been very nice,” he said, according to the Times of India. “I have tried to give 200 percent to all my films and I am thankful that the audiences have faith in me. I deserve a little luck.”

However success is heavily dependent on time — when it’s written, it’s written — and Shahid seems to firmly believe that. “It’s all about timing  — when the time is good, it will work. You can’t think about all these things as you have to learn to accept a few things. I genuinely feel I just need some luck... the rest is fine,” he added.

Although, Shahid has been seen performing some hardcore action scenes in his previous movies, his action sequences in R…Rajkumar are very stylised — similar to what B-town directors have been relying on currently. He feels that his director Prabhu Deva has directed some of his best action scenes with him. “His sense of action is amazing. His action treatment is also musical. There is a lot of stylisation. He takes care of small moments,” he emphasised. “We finished shooting for the film in 88 days and for 45 [of those] days we shot for action sequences. He gives a lot of time and attention to action.”

As far as his pairing with Sonakshi is concerned, he is all praise for B-town’s current favourite leading lady. “I have been working for 10 years and I don’t say this for everyone, but she is a complete heroine. She dances so well, great actress, her attitude is very positive and we really gelled well,” he said.

R…Rajkumar has been slated for a December 6 release.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 25^th, 2013.

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