Vishal Bhardwaj’s Kashmir based drama Haider has crossed the INR 50 crore mark at the Indian box office and the lead actor of the film, Shahid Kapoor says that good content always find an audience.
“We didn’t know what to expect from Haider, we just knew it’s a unique film and we wanted to do it. When it got ready, we felt it was an honest film,” Shahid said in an interview.
Haider, marks director Vishal Bhardwaj and Shahid’s second successful collaboration after Kaminey.
“We had faith, trust and pride because it was not an easy film to make. It’s been amazing so far. We were waiting for the audiences’ response, but we knew it’s not an out and out entertainer so this kind of appreciation from the audience is great,” said Kapoor.
“I have always believed that good content will always find an audience. As an actor you have to take risks and do a film like Haider and when it works, you feel cool about it,” he added.
The quintessential Bhardwaj film adapted from one of Shakespeare’s most powerful and influential tragedies — Hamlet, was supported by other powerful performers in the cast including Tabu, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan and Shraddha Kapoor.
The critics have raved about Shahid’s performance in the film and said that he was the show stealer in the film.
When asked which was the best compliment he received so far, the actor said, “A lot of compliments… Irrfan saw the film and he tweeted about it. Kay Kay called me and said I didn’t know you would do so well. My father said you have done a good job and that’s the biggest compliment.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 12th, 2014.
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