Wanted to do something different: Shahid Kapoor on 'Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya'

New Delhi: Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor said that he wanted to take a break from intense roles of the past by doing a light-hearted romantic comedy like ‘Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya’. Paired opposite Kriti Sanon, the film marks Kapoor’s return to the romance genre, in which he has delivered hits like ‘Ishq Vishq’, ‘Chup Chup Ke’ and ‘Jab We Met’.

“I was wondering why I haven’t done a love story for a long time. It often happens that you get back-to-back films from a similar space. But I wanted to do something different. The word ‘different’ is defined by this film because the subject is so unique that I never imagined doing it. So, it is a very fresh and different concept for me,” the actor told reporters here at the film’s promotional event.

Kapoor said that the movie gives him a break from the intense characters he played in the last few projects, including ‘Kabir Singh’, the OTT series ‘Farzi’ and the action thriller ‘Bloody Daddy’.

“I was looking forward to something which was a little relaxing. There are often characters that make you do complex things because of their requirements. This is a very open character. I could have fun and be spontaneous with it, which I hadn’t done for a long time. At the same time, it is not always easy to do light roles. When you have a defined character, then you know what you have to do to get the performance right. But with a free-flowing character, there is a possibility you can be right or wrong with it,” he added.

‘Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya’, dubbed as an ‘impossible love story’, is written and directed by first-time filmmakers Amit Joshi and Aradhana Sah. It features Shahid as a man who falls in love and decides to marry a robot, named Sifra (Sanon).