I regret not doing enough films: Shahid

After completing a decade in Bollywood, actor Shahid Kapoor is happy with the way his career has shaped, but regrets not doing enough films in the past ten years. The 32-year-old actor made his acting debut in 2003 with the college drama Ishq Vishk and has so far starred in just 20 films. Shahid feels he should have presented himself more often on the big screen to the audience, which in turn would have catapulted him to greater success.

‘The one mistake that I made was I did very little work. I think that is not good.

As an actor you need to go out there, show yourself to the audience twice or thrice a year, at least at this stage of my career.’ ‘I am not 45. So I feel it is important to keep presenting yourself to the audience. There will be times they will like you, there will be times they will not like the film. I have learnt over ten years that films will come and go, but people must like you. And therefore your performances must be consistent,’ Shahid said. He tasted success with his debut movie but could not follow it up with his next films until Vivah in 2006.

His other successful outings have been Imtiaz Ali’s Jab We Met in 2007 and Vishal Bhardwaj's 2009 film Kaminey, which is arguably Shahid’s best performance till date. ‘I have seen some very successful periods and some very unsuccessful periods. But I think it is most important to recognise that you need to work with the right people. You have to keep working without changing who you are and how you are,’ Shahid said.