Shahid Kapoor decodes what Pathaan success means for Bollywood: ‘Money… everybody was losing confidence in themselves’
Actor Shahid Kapoor reacted to the blockbuster success of Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan, and stated that the movie has instilled a way of confidence within the movie trade. After being launched in cinemas on January 25, Pathaan has damaged quite a few field workplace information to emerge as the largest Hindi film of the post-pandemic period, and the largest film of Shah Rukh’s profession.
The movie arrived at a time of uncertainty for Bollywood, with a number of big-ticket motion pictures failing miserably on the field workplace. Shahid himself was hit by this era of viewers disinterest final 12 months, when his movie Jersey tanked.
In an interview with Join FM Canada, Shahid was requested about Pathaan’s success, and if there’s a query that he’d prefer to ask Shah Rukh. He stated, “Pathaan ki agli social gathering kab aur kahan hogi? Hum besabri se intezaar kar rahe hain (When’s the subsequent success social gathering for Pathaan. We’re ready).”
Requested what the movie’s success means for the trade, Shahid added, “Cash. And hopefully some confidence in oneself. I feel all people is shedding confidence in themselves solely. We ought to be assured. I feel Pathaan is a results of a whole lot of confidence. A whole lot of effort, in fact, and a whole lot of work. However they actually backed themselves, proper? And that’s what works.”
Directed by Siddharth Anand, Pathaan additionally stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. Shahid is wanting ahead to his massive streaming debut, the comic-thriller sequence Farzi, through which he’ll star alongside Vijay Sethupathi. Created by Raj and DK, the sequence lands on Prime Video on February 10.