Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor is as soon as once more on a promotion spree for his upcoming launch, Jersey. The film additionally stars Mrunal Thakur in a pivotal position, and is a Hindi remake of the Nani-starrer blockbuster of the identical identify.
Jersey was earlier purported to launch in December final yr, and bought pushed again as a result of Omicron wave of Covid-19. Speaking about selling the identical movie twice with Bollywood Hungama, Shahid mentioned that artwork generally has a wierd method of mirroring life, “I put up a narrative asking all people methods to promote the identical movie a second time as a result of we thought we had carried out the whole lot. But then Jersey is a movie about second probabilities, so generally the belongings you do in motion pictures, additionally occurs in actual life. It’s very unusual.”
Later, Shahid was questioned about certainly one of his key strengths as a performer, his dancing. The actor confessed that as a lot as he liked dancing, and would like to do a dance movie, he desires that specific artwork type to be mirrored in one of the best ways attainable, inside a story that’s wealthy and fits that form of storytelling.
“I like to perform every chance I get, but for the past 6-7 years I have not done a film that has songs which feature me performing. Because, kai baar kya hota hai ki film mein gaana isliye daal do kyunki Shahid ek achcha dancer hai, but jo film ki kahani hai, character hai, kya uske liye sahi hai? (There have been many times in the past when it has happened, that a song has been put in the movie just because the makers feel I dance well. But they don’t see at that point whether that song suits the narrative of the film , or even my character). So, I want to approach that thing in a more pure way. Genuinely, I have been searching for a film where I can dance, and where dancing feels like a natural element of the film. But usually uss genre ki filmein kaafi kharab hoti hain yaar (But the films belonging to that genre usually turn out to be so bad),” Shahid mentioned with a little bit chortle.
While there would possibly nonetheless be a while left to see Shahid Kapoor function in an out and out dance film, followers can take reduction in the truth that he’ll quickly be gracing the large display along with his extremely awaited sports activities drama Jersey. The film has been helmed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, who had additionally directed the unique.
Jersey will launch in cinemas on April 14.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
