- By Tapapriya Dutta
- Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:25 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Shahid Kapoor is one of the versatile actors in Bollywood as proved his acting skills over and over again. He started his acting career with the 2003 movie Ishq Vishk which was produced by Ramesh S. Taurani. Recently, the veteran producer shared that Shahid used to use his stepfather’s surname Khatter. Taurani didn’t know at that time that he is the son of Pankap Kapur.
In an interview with News18, Ramesh Taurani recalled “I had no clue Shahid was Pankaj Kapur’s son. His name was earlier Shahid Khatter and not Kapoor. In the film, he changed it to Kapoor. He had made a music video, ‘Aankhon Mein Tera Hi Chehra’. He was quite young then. I guess just 17-18 years old. When I had watched the video, I asked my team to make me meet this guy whenever they can. He came to meet me after about a month and half. After meeting him, I told him, ‘You are very good. And I think you can become a good actor. But you are looking too young, so I think you should wait, but you will get a good launch’.”
The veteran producer also shared that every three months Shahid used to call him. He further recalled that even Shahid got a film called Style. Ramesh said, “Shahid infomed me and I was like, ‘Very good, you should do it’. He later came to me and said, ‘Sir, I didn’t take it up, because it was a two-hero movie.’ I was like, ‘okay, I will let you know if I have something for you'”
Ishq Vishk starred Shahid Kapoor, Amrita Rao, Shenaz Treasury, Vishal Malhotra, Neelima Azeem, Yash Tonk, Satish Shah and Upasana Singh in key roles. The movie is streaming on Prime Video and JioCinema.
Shahid will be next seen in Rosshan Andrrews’ Deva. The movie features Shahid Kapoor, Pooja Hegde, Pavail Gulati, Kubbra Sait, Abhilash Chaudhary and Pravessh Rana in key roles. The action thriller is scheduled to be released in theatres on 11th October.