‘Shahid Kapoor shouldn’t do remakes’, says Sandeep Reddy Vanga: ‘Didn’t think of him for Animal’

When quizzed if Sandeep considered Shahid for Animal, he instantly said no. “Nahi socha tha (I didn’t think of Shahid). Because when I thought about this emotional story, Ranbir (Kapoor) only struck. It’s just organic. Because I felt he’ll be right.” Ranbir played the lead role in the blockbuster.

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Meanwhile, ever since the success of Animal, Shahid has dabbled in a couple of remakes of South films. He starred in Gowtan Tinnanuri’s sports drama Jersey, a remake of the director’s 2019 Telugu film of the same title, which starred Nani in the lead role. Most recently, Shahid appeared in Rosshan Andrrews’ cop drama Deva, a remake of the director’s 2013 Malayalam film Mumbai Police, which starred Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role. However, both these remakes failed to work at the box office.

In the last few years, films like Baby John, Loveyapa, Shehzada, Vikram Vedha, which were remakes of south films, have all failed at the box office. Drishyam 2 is probably the only exception.

Shahid will next be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj’s upcoming film. The duo has previously worked together in Kaminey, Haider and Rangoon.