MAN AT WORK

With , Shahid Kapoor seems to have made rage synonymous with romance. As the wound up surgeon, who spirals down into self-destruction after his girlfriend (Kiara Advani) marries another man, Shahid’s given a layered performance. Even so, Sandeep Vanga Reddy’s Hindi remake of his Tamil blockbuster (2017), , set a section of critics and feminists fuming with its misogynistic overtones. But the audiences not only dismissed detractors but also marshalled the film into the 200-crore plus guild. Perhaps, it found a timbre with the emotional anarchy of the youth. Perhaps, it hit a chord with the living-on-the-edge, apart from being Shahid’s biggest solo hit, marks yet another distinct departure from the chocolate hero of , and . Films like , and prove bad is truly good for Shahid… Excerpts from a chat on the eve of the release of ...