I’ve no work to do: Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor is waiting for director Maneesh Sharma to recover from illness to start on next film. After his father’s directorial debut Mausam (2011) bombed at the box-office, actor Shahid Kapoor was rumoured to have been offered a bunch of projects.

After his father’s directorial debut Mausam (2011) bombed at the box-office, actor Shahid Kapoor was rumoured to have been offered a bunch of projects.

The most recent being director Puneet Malhotra’s next for producer Karan Johar. Before that, it was said that he was going to play a gangster in Ekta Kapoor’s Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai sequel, where his role would be modelled on gangster Chota Rajan. The third film he was believed to have started work on was his dad’s next as a director.

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Bring this up, and he says, “Unfortunately, I’ve no work to do. I’ve finished working on Kunal Kohli’s film Teri Meri Kahani. It’s turned out nice. I enjoyed sharing the screen with Priyanka (actor Priyanka Chopra) again. And now, I’m waiting for Maneesh (director Maneesh Sharma of 2010 flick, Band Baaja Baraat) to recover from his illness. He’s had a slip disc. The only film I’m supposed to start now is his. Once he recovers, we’ll be on the floors. I don’t know where the rest came from.”

Reportedly, the 29-year-old actor had started working doubly hard on his father Pankaj Kapur’s next, soon after Mausam’s box-office fate was announced. “Really?” he exclaims. “When I last spoke to my father, he was in New York holidaying. And he hadn’t started on anything. But who knows… He could have started something with some Hollywood actors without telling me.”