Anupama Chopra sits down with cover star Shahid Kapoor for The Hollywood Reporter India, as the actor returns to screens in Homi Adajania's Cocktail 2 alongside Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna. Shahid explains why, after years of alpha, edgy and layered roles, he was drawn to playing someone warm, likable and relatable for the first time in a long while, and how Adajania's grounded, three-dimensional take on the genre pushed him into fresh territory. He talks about submitting completely to a director's vision from day one, the discipline of trying to do something familiar in a genuinely different way, and what it means to find something new this deep into a 23-year career.
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