Shahid Kapoor says Kabir Singh pushed him to quit smoking: 'I'm done'

Shahid Kapoor's character in the 2019 film Kabir Singh was a chain smoker and also abused drugs and alcohol. The film also starred Kiara Advani.

Shahid Kapoor has said that his film Kabir Singh pushed him to quit smoking. Shahid played a surgeon Kabir Rajdheer Singh in the 2019 film, which was a remake of the 2017 Telugu film Arjun Reddy. In the film, after Kiara Advani's character Preeti Sikka gets married to someone else, Kabir who already suffered from severe anger management problems, starts abusing drugs and alcohol, and also becomes a chain smoker.

Shahid Kapoor smoking in a still from Kabir Singh.

Shahid recently revealed that the amount of smoking during Kabir Singh's filming also played a role in his quitting the habit in real life. He made the comment as he opened up about his fitness regime, and shared that he doesn't drink or smoke.

Asked how does he manage to look young at the age of 41 and if it's because of his vegetarian diet, Shahid told BeerBiceps, "Some changes definitely, but I think eventually it's all in your soul. It's in your heart. It's the emotions that drive you. Like I focus on my children a lot. Because they're so much pure energy out there and it's just an unadulterated, raw, beautiful emotion. I feel enriched whenever I spend time with them. It takes me back to the version of me that I loved the most, which was the child version of me, where everything was amazing. I just try and focus on that." Shahid shares a six-year-old daughter Misha and a three-year-old son Zain with his wife Mira Rajput.

Shahid is currently awaiting the release of his Jersey. The sports drama, which also stars his father Pankaj Kapur and Mrunal Thakur, is scheduled to hit the theatres on Friday, April 22.