I Was A Boring Guy – Shahid Kapoor

Was it an emotionally exhausting role?

Yes, it was very tiring.

I had to be very aggressive because the character is always up. After every shot, I would feel drained out. I would go back and lie down because I was eating little food and having a lot of coffee.

In fact, after 12-13 days of shooting, I fell ill. I had fever for 13 days during the shoot because my body was too tired.

What kind of films excite you?

I am happy to do all kinds of films. The characters that are challenging excite me.

More the challenge more I get tired (smiles). With back to back roles in films like Udta Punjab and Rangoon, I really want a break and want to do a light-hearted role next.

How do you de-stress?

Just forget about it, shut down, get back to normal life.

For Udta Punjab, we went, shot the entire film and came back. Rangoon, we shot a major chunk and came back. We had done the Mumbai portion before that.

When you go for a long period of time, you have gone into a different reality, with a different character.

I just like coming back home and doing normal things like sitting on my sofa, having my coffee, watching a TV series, chatting with friends and going to the gym — it feels great.

Did the failure of Shaandaar take away the excitement of your pairing with Alia Bhatt?

People really liked us in Shaandaar. What I heard a lot was — ‘The only thing good about Shaandaar was you and Alia.’

You play an army officer in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Rangoon. How aware are you of the 1940s and World War II?

In Vishal Bhardwaj’s film there is enough research. I don’t need to do anything. He gives me a big fat script and I just have to read it (smiles).