Ranveer Singh is acting in Bajirao Mastani, Ranbir Kapoor is constantly in the news for doing a biopic on Kishore Kumar and/or Sanjay Dutt. Salman Khan is making a film based on the life of the wrestler titled Gama Pehlwan. Randep Hooda to essay Charles Sobhraj... Bollywood is turning to real stories in a big way. Biopics are the next big thing!
And Shahid Kapoor would be perfect for the genre, given how he loves to dive into his characters. So why hasn't he done one yet? He says, "I would love to do it. I was thinking about doing one, because after playing a role like Haider, where you are creating and playing a character who is nothing like you, and having enjoyed it so much, I now want to do a biopic. I think such films give you an amazing opportunity to play a different person altogether. And that's something that I want to do as often as I can in my career. It's interesting because it kind of keeps that fire inside going as it's always about playing someone's life... which if you get it wrong, you are screwed.
Also because the prep for a biopic must be really interesting.
I would like to play another person because I find myself boring, So I like to be different people.
You are not boring!
I swear, I think so...I am not saying I am a boring person. I am a lot of fun. But I find myself boring that's why I want to play different people. You know what I am saying..
Yes, I understand...
I don't want to play like...In Shaandar I am playing a character called JJ who is different but I keep asking Vikas Bahl) "Listen, I am doing something different, na. I don't know why, I can't explain it. I like playing characters which are so far away from who I am.
Please continue...
I think if I play myself in a movie, people will get really bored or I'll get really bored playing it, I think I have reached that point where I feel everybody should go out there and try something different.
I want Shaks!
In a recent interview Ruskin Bond stated that he would like Shahid to play his character onscreen if a biopic was ever made on him. When Shahid heard about Ruskin's declaration he was thrilled. He is a fan of Ruskin's.