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EXCLUSIVE: Shahid Kapoor opens up about his character in Deva on Raj Shamani’s podcast: “I have realized that I have a crazy, dark, and hectic side to myself”

en Bollywood News EXCLUSIVE: Shahid Kapoor opens up about his character in Deva on Raj Shamani’s podcast: “I have realized that I have a crazy, dark, and hectic side to myself”

Raj Shamani, entrepreneur and host of India’s top-ranked podcast, Figuring Out, takes the audience on another journey in his upcoming episode. This time, he engages in a conversation with Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor aka Deva about his upcoming film, dark characters, the inner thoughts of a performer’s psyche, parenting, and other topics.

EXCLUSIVE: Shahid Kapoor opens up about his character in Deva on Raj Shamani’s podcast: “I have realized that I have a crazy, dark, and hectic side to myself”

As they began the conversation, Raj Shamani dived into Shahid Kapoor’s most recent character asking him to shed light on his character in Deva. Shahid Kapoor replied, “Deva is a very angsty character. He has complex, deep, and dark emotions.”

On being asked by Raj about any impactful learnings from his roles, Shahid said, “I have realized that I have a crazy, dark, and hectic side to myself because otherwise I am attracted to spirituality and have a very strong spiritual side. Have you not seen my characters? How would I do Tommy Singh with that aspect of that madness? I have never had a sip of alcohol in my life. How will I know what it is to be high like that person? Something has to be inside me to connect with it.  It just comes in my characters and front of the camera, and not in my real life. When you're in the mood of the scene and the camera rolls, you know you need to feel a certain way and it just comes. I don't know where it comes from but it comes. It has to be honest, you can't fake it.”

Further, Raj Shamani questions Shahid about how he manages to pull off complicated characters in films like Deva, Haider, Udta Punjab while being the opposite in reality. Shahid shared, “I guess you have to have a child-like imagination and be able to imagine things. So I imagine. I will say something very triggering to myself before I give a certain type of shot. Like my character in Deva, he is a hurt cop. Every strong emotion comes from deep hurt and pain or else you can't show that emotion. If something hasn't penetrated deep enough then the reaction will not be so strong. To trigger those emotions I think about the people and things that are the closest to me and if something happened to them you know those kinds of thoughts. I make it very personal for myself. I have to. I don't know if it's healthy but I have to do that because it has to be honest.” 

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