Shahid Kapoor’s performance in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s film, Kabir Singh garnered a lot of attention, especially the character approach towards his ladylove. The remake of Arjun Reddy was a blockbuster and received mixed reviews from the audience as some claimed it glorified misogyny and portrayed toxic masculinity.
Shahid Kapoor reveals why he didn’t want to do ‘Kabir Singh’
In a recent interview with Pinkvilla, Shahid Kapoor talked about the film and his initial response when approached to do a remake of the same. Revealing how he was awestruck with Vijay Deverakonda’s performance in Arjun Reddy, and said:
“I saw Arjun Reddy. Somebody had sent that to my house and I remember me and Mira were sitting and watching the movie. I saw the movie, and I was like ‘This is a damn cool movie, man! This film has done everything that you’re not supposed to do in a movie. And still I’m loving this guy. He’s doing everything a nice guy is not supposed to do. This is so cool, how is this guy like this?'”