Shahid Kapoor On 'Kabir Singh': The Movie Will Be Raw & Honest
Shahid Kapoor will be seen in the remake of the Telugu hit Arjun Reddy and the actor says the team of Kabir Singh has tried to keep the original film's intensity and honesty alive.
Shahid
Kapoor
will
be
seen
in
the
remake
of
the
Telugu
hit
Arjun
Reddy
and
the
actor
says
the
team
of
Kabir
Singh
has
tried
to
keep
the
original
film's
intensity
and
honesty
alive.
Directed
by
Sandeep
Vanga,
who
also
helmed
the
original
movie,
Kabir
Singh
features
Shahid
in
the
title
role.
"The
original
was
very
raw,
very
honest.
I
don't
think
there
was
anything
in
the
film
that
was
for
effect.
I
just
felt
it
said
things
as
it
is
and
was
a
brazen
journey
of
a
character
who
goes
through
an
emotional
arc
which
is
extreme," Shahid
told
PTI.
"The
honesty
of
the
film
connected
with
the
audience.
Otherwise
for
a
film
like
that,
there
would
be
a
limited
audience.
But
it
was
loved
across
the
board.
The
idea
is
to
do
it
all
over
again,"
he
added.
The
actor
says
while
they
have
retained
the
essence
of
the
film,
they
have
also
"rediscovered"
the
project.
"We
are
trying
to
make
it
as
honest
and
as
raw
as
it
was.
Not
trying
to
change
anything
for
the
sake
of
it.
We
are
rediscovering
it.
Of
course
the
way
we
do
it,
there'll
be
some
differences.
"It's
a
good
thing
because
we
want
to
give
an
experience
to
people
where
they
don't
say
'Oh,
we've
seen
this
before.' It
must
be
fresh."
The
film
chronicles
an
alcoholic
surgeon
who
goes
on
a
self-destructive
path
after
his
ex-lover
gets
married.
Shahid
says
he
has
realised
remaking
a
film
is
a
difficult
process
as
one
cannot
"copy"
the
original.
"Creating
a
remake
is
damn
tough.
You
have
loved
it
for
what
it
was
but
you
can't
go
out
there
and
copy
it.
It
has
to
be
a
rediscovery.
The
original
was
'Arjun
Reddy',
based
in
Hyderabad
and
Bangalore.
This
is
'Kabir
Singh'
which
is
based
in
Delhi
and
Mumbai.
May
be
Arjun
and
Kabir
are
cousins
but
they
are
not
the
same
person.
My
journey
is
only
to
find
Kabir
Singh." The
film,
also
featuring
Kiara
Advani,
is
scheduled
to
release
on
June
21.