Aditya Roy Kapur

Aditya Roy Kapur signed Vipul Shah’s film London Dreams to enjoy the UK When Aditya Roy Kapur met Vipul Shah he confessed to him that he was not much interested in acting in films but Vipul Shah adopted marketing gimmicks and lured Aditya into signing the film. He told Aditya that the role was simple and he had nothing much to do except play his favourite musical instrument guitar. In addition, he can explore the UK at the cost of the film producer. Shah’s marketing strategy worked as Aditya thought it was a great opportunity to visit the UK and have fun. Thus began the filmy journey of Aditya Roy Kapur, with London Dreams (2009). During the making of London Dreams Aditya Roy Kapur developed a passion for acting After working with superstars like Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Asin etc in the film London Dreams, Aditya Roy was fascinated towards cinema and signed two films Action Replayy (2010) directed by Vipul Shah and Sanjay Leela Bhansali Guzaarish(2010). But alas both the films were major flops and this shattered Aditya Roy’s tryst with Bollywood. Failures made Aditya Roy Kapur tough and taught him many lessons Though Aditya Roy Kapur gave a string of three flops he took the failures as a stepping stone to success. He believes that from his VJ days, when he was carefree, he learnt to value time when he worked with Akshay Kumar in Action Replayy and found him to be punctual Similarly while working with Hrithik Roshan, he was overwhelmed by Hrithik Roshan’s dedication and the commitment that he fuels in his job. From Ajay Devgn, he learnt to be disciplined and respect the director. When asked about what he learnt from Salman Khan, Aditya Roy Kapur said, “He is a generous man. In the film London Dreams, my first scene was to shout out at him. I was nervous but he took me in his arms and got the scene done effortlessly.” Thus Salman Khan learnt that cinema is a teamwork and all scenes need to be well executed. Film work is a combined effort rather than an individual’s domain to shine alone. Aditya Roy Kapur was not the first choice of Aashiqui 2 After a hat-trick of flops Aditya Roy Kapur got a new lease of life with Mahesh Bhatt’s sequel Aashiqui 2 but readers would be surprised to know that Aditya Roy Kapur was not the first choice for the film. Just as Mahesh Bhatt had introduced two new faces Rahul Roy and Anu Aggarwal in his 90’s original film, he wanted to present two new faces. Hence he launched a nationwide Talent Hunt to discover two fresh faces but all his efforts went in vain as none were promising hence Bhatt decided to scrap the film. But one day when Mohit Suri, the film director was going through the pictures of actor Aditya Roy Kapur, he was spellbound by his dashing personality and called him for an audition. During the audition when Suri got to know that Aditya Roy Kapur, also played guitar and had a passion for music. He was delighted as the character in the film that Aditya Roy Kapur portrayed required him to be a musician. The film was a box office sensation and Aditya Roy Kapoor won rave reviews for his performance. He ended up winning many awards. His Jodi with Shraddha Kapoor became an instant hit. Aashiqui 2 opened doors of stardom for Aditya Roy Kapur With the mega success of Aashiqui 2, doors of big banners opened for Aditya Roy Kapur. His next release was Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani produced by Karan Johar was again a hit. In this film, he shared screen space with Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone. Aditya Roy Kapur also won a Filmfare nomination in the supporting actor category. His other films include Yash Raj Films Daawat-e-Ishq (2014), Rock on Director Abhishek Kapoor’s Fitoor and Shahrukh Khan’s Dear Zindagi (2016)