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m okay being seen with Priyanka: Shahid
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It rained 10 different Best Actor awards in Shahid Kapoor's backyard all through 2010. The accolades came for Kaminey (2009) and the applause carried through for a year.
Somewhere in between he had a couple of indifferent films. A dud called Dil Bole Hadippa and an average grosser called Badmaash Company. Both got mixed reactions. That's when this cutie-pie hero, who has been at the No 4 slot on the Times 50 Most Desirable Men, twice in a row, decided to take a short break to do some serious strategising.
"I was reading scripts every day,'' confesses the actor. However, he agreed to do just Mausam directed by his father Pankaj Kapur. This March, the shooting should end. And immediately after this Shahid will start work on Kunal Kohli's next romantic film with his current date Priyanka Chopra. The PC-Shahid romance has gained great momentum in recent weeks after their appearance on Koffee with Karan. Mercifully, he doesn't shy away from the topic. Admits Shahid, "I am very fond of Priyanka.''
However, the actor refutes stories of their New Year engagement in Goa. Says he, "As always the media is ahead of both Priyanka and me with their constant speculation. I am not one of those who leads life according to what the press will write or say. I do not let others govern my actions and my thought process. I am okay with being spotted having coffee and dinner with Priyanka. I am okay being seen fetching her in my car from the airport. Just because the media assumes things, I am not going to change the way I do things.''
Shahid says he enjoyed the experience of being on the talk show with PC. "I've been getting amazing feedback on that show,'' he laughs. "It just so happens that people know only the more staid, introverted Shahid. They've not gotten a chance to see the other more interactive me. I decided that on Koffee... I would show them the fun side of me." Warming up to the topic of Priyanka, Shahid adds, "My mother Neelima is Muslim, my father is a Punjabi. We are a vociferous family. None of us shy away from expressing our feelings. If and when I decide to get engaged, I will certainly not hide it."
On the professional front, Shahid is confident his dad's first directorial debut Mausam will create ripples. "I am more a son on the set than an actor. I do not feel like a superstar. I just feel like an actor who wants to go out there and do his best. I have tremendous faith in dad. And I'm enjoying the experience of working with him."
Somewhere in between he had a couple of indifferent films. A dud called Dil Bole Hadippa and an average grosser called Badmaash Company. Both got mixed reactions. That's when this cutie-pie hero, who has been at the No 4 slot on the Times 50 Most Desirable Men, twice in a row, decided to take a short break to do some serious strategising.
"I was reading scripts every day,'' confesses the actor. However, he agreed to do just Mausam directed by his father Pankaj Kapur. This March, the shooting should end. And immediately after this Shahid will start work on Kunal Kohli's next romantic film with his current date Priyanka Chopra. The PC-Shahid romance has gained great momentum in recent weeks after their appearance on Koffee with Karan. Mercifully, he doesn't shy away from the topic. Admits Shahid, "I am very fond of Priyanka.''
However, the actor refutes stories of their New Year engagement in Goa. Says he, "As always the media is ahead of both Priyanka and me with their constant speculation. I am not one of those who leads life according to what the press will write or say. I do not let others govern my actions and my thought process. I am okay with being spotted having coffee and dinner with Priyanka. I am okay being seen fetching her in my car from the airport. Just because the media assumes things, I am not going to change the way I do things.''
Shahid says he enjoyed the experience of being on the talk show with PC. "I've been getting amazing feedback on that show,'' he laughs. "It just so happens that people know only the more staid, introverted Shahid. They've not gotten a chance to see the other more interactive me. I decided that on Koffee... I would show them the fun side of me." Warming up to the topic of Priyanka, Shahid adds, "My mother Neelima is Muslim, my father is a Punjabi. We are a vociferous family. None of us shy away from expressing our feelings. If and when I decide to get engaged, I will certainly not hide it."
On the professional front, Shahid is confident his dad's first directorial debut Mausam will create ripples. "I am more a son on the set than an actor. I do not feel like a superstar. I just feel like an actor who wants to go out there and do his best. I have tremendous faith in dad. And I'm enjoying the experience of working with him."
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