{"id":17117,"date":"2018-08-25T18:08:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T18:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dinnews.in\/?p=17117"},"modified":"2018-08-25T18:08:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T18:08:42","slug":"when-shahid-thought-arjun-reddy-was-too-perfect-for-a-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/?p=17117","title":{"rendered":"When Shahid thought &#8216;Arjun Reddy&#8217; was too perfect for a remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mumbai, Aug 25 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> Actor Shahid Kapoor says when he was approached to star in the Hindi version of Telugu blockbuster &#8220;Arjun Reddy&#8221; he felt there was no need to remake the film as the original was &#8220;too perfect&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Shahid, 37, will be playing the lead in the film and the actor said the arc of the character excited him and he decided to come on-board the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;Arjun Reddy&#8217; is in the preparation stage. We will start shooting for it around October 1. The first thought I had in mind was why are we remaking it. It is too perfect. But then after spending sometime with the script I thought this character is so exciting I want to give it a try,&#8221; Shahid told PTI.<\/p>\n<p>The actor said he prefers being part of projects that come from a place which is &#8220;very real&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Content is changing and it is reflection of the fact that different material is coming to actors. And whenever I get that opportunity I kind of jump on it. I am very attracted to films which talk about the issues that we can relate to. I like stories being real.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The original &#8220;Arjun Reddy&#8221;, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, featured Vijay Deverakonda in the titular role. Sandeep will be helming the Hindi version as well with Bhushan Kumar&#8217;s T-Series producing the film.<\/p>\n<p>Shahid was speaking on the sidelines of Lakme Fashion Week Winter\/Festive 2018, where he walked for designer Amit Aggarwal in a show presented by Nexa. Dressed in black, the actor set the ramp on fire along with Disha Patani.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai, Aug 25 (DIN NEWS) Actor Shahid Kapoor says when he was approached to star in the Hindi version of Telugu blockbuster &#8220;Arjun Reddy&#8221; he felt there was no need to remake the film as the original was &#8220;too perfect&#8221;. Shahid, 37, will be playing the lead in the film and the actor said the arc of the character excited him and he decided to come on-board the project. &#8220;&#8216;Arjun Reddy&#8217; is in the preparation stage. We will start shooting for it around October 1. The first thought I had&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17119,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17117\/revisions\/17119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dinnews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}