Shahid Kapoor is one of the most versatile actors of his generation in Bollywood. From romantic, to thriller, pyscho and action, Shahid has nailed almost all genres with his phenomenal acting chops. Son of talented actor parents, Pankaj Kapur and Neeliima Azeem, Shahid has served some major blockbusters at the box-office, such as Kabir Singh, Jab We Met, Padmaavat, Haider, Udta Punjab, Vivah, Chup Chup Ke, Jersey and so many others. Recently, the actor clocked 20 years of his film journey, and to celebrate the same, he revealed some unheard anecdotes about some of his masterpiece films.
Shahid Kapoor reveals his struggle with the use of pure Hindi words in the film, Vivah
In a recent interview with Pinkvilla, Shahid Kapoor spoke about his film career of 20 years, and reminisced fond anecdotes from quite a few of his iconic movies. During the same, Shahid spoke about his classic film, Vivah where he starred as the male lead opposite Amrita Rao. The handsome actor recalled days of his shooting for the same and shared how he had to struggle a lot with the strict and pure Hindi words that were used in the script. Adding how he had confronted the filmmaker, Sooraj Barjatya for using the word, jal in place of paani or just water, Shahid mentioned:
“It was very different from my world. I had never used the word jal in my entire life, and I was like, but why is she saying jal? Why can’t she say paani or water? So, he was like nahin Shahid…jal. I said, ok Sooraj ji…jal… So, that’s the kind of journey it was.”