Kartik Aaryan recently opened up about the poor box office performance of his film ‘Shehzada,’ released in February. In an interview, he said he would not do a “remake” film in his career again. ‘Shehzada’ was the official Hindi remake of the Telugu film ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramloo,’ which starred actor Allu Arjun in the lead role.
In a BBC interview in London, he said, “I think the biggest perspective that I got was that I would not do a remake, I would not do a remake film. This is actually the first time that I was doing, the first time that I was actually experiencing something, I was doing it on camera, on screen, so it was a different experience. While filming, I didn’t realise it, but I realised that later on that this was something that people have already seen and I don’t see them watching it again, spending money and going to the theaters to watch the same thing again. So I got a big perspective.”
He then shared that he will not do a remake again and added, “It is a big thing, because every now and then a remake arrives, you know, there’s a script, which is a remake. But I’ve decided that I would not enjoy it. I would not like to do something which somebody has done.”
Helmed by Rohit Dhawan. Besides Kartik, ‘Shehzada’ starred Kriti Sanon as the female lead. It also had Paresh Rawal, Ronit Roy, Sunny Hinduja and Manisha Koirala in pivotal roles. The film marked Kriti and Kartik's second collaboration after ‘Luka Chuppi.’
Kartik was last seen in ‘Satyaprem Ki Katha,’ which starred him alongside Kiara Advani. The film was released on June 29 and emerged as a box office hit. He has Kabir Khan's ‘Chandu Champion’ in the pipeline.