Aditya Roy Kapur doesn’t come across as your typical Bollywood actor. He’s not a movie geek. He’s not attention-hungry. And when he comes on set, there is an unmatched charm about him… his appeal is the kind that makes you want to meet him for drinks but also fantasise about taking him home to your parents. And he’s clear that acting is where his calling lies. “It’s not my identity in a sense, but there are no ebbs and flows when it comes to my love for the job,” he insists.
In his latest film, Metro... In Dino, Aditya Roy Kapur plays Parth, a travel content creator who jets between the mountains and the beach, gaining friends, forgetting girlfriends, and taking off his T-shirt with equal ease. His trajectory follows the trope: free-spirited man-child meets a grownup woman, in this case one with anxiety and a fringe you can’t ignore, and finally gets pinned down. Except, on close analysis, the fuckboy in question actually seems to be the only character with all the answers. Parth is a bunch of green flags: he can hold a tune at an impromptu jam session (it’s also Kapur’s first singing stint in a film), he’s funny, has his own income, is a reliable friend, and looks great in a shower curtain. He’s also emotionally self-sufficient and doesn’t need a relationship to keep him happy. In a film where the running theme is that most marriages are pretty dysfunctional, Parth’s life seems pretty sorted.
It’s a grey July afternoon. We’re shooting at a studio in Bandra, Mumbai, when I ask Kapur if he sees any similarities between himself and the character. After all, he is often praised in interviews for being “easy-going”, “laidback”, even, dare I say it, “happy-go-lucky”. He smiles disarmingly and shrugs. “I didn’t really think of him that way. I was just trying to play the part,” he says, before adding, “But I know that when [Anurag] Basu was asked who from the cast is the closest to their character in the film, he said it was me. So, looking at it from his eyes, maybe, yes.” Butool Jamal chats with the star about doing exciting work, and making it count.
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Aditya Roy Kapur doesn’t come across as your typical Bollywood actor. He’s not a movie geek. He’s not attention-hungry. And when he comes on set, there is an unmatched charm about him… his appeal is the kind that makes you want to meet him for drinks but also fantasise about taking him home to your parents. And he’s clear that acting is where his calling lies. “It’s not my identity in a sense, but there are no ebbs and flows when it comes to my love for the job,” he insists.
In his latest film, Metro... In Dino, Aditya Roy Kapur plays Parth, a travel content creator who jets between the mountains and the beach, gaining friends, forgetting girlfriends, and taking off his T-shirt with equal ease. His trajectory follows the trope: free-spirited man-child meets a grownup woman, in this case one with anxiety and a fringe you can’t ignore, and finally gets pinned down. Except, on close analysis, the fuckboy in question actually seems to be the only character with all the answers. Parth is a bunch of green flags: he can hold a tune at an impromptu jam session (it’s also Kapur’s first singing stint in a film), he’s funny, has his own income, is a reliable friend, and looks great in a shower curtain. He’s also emotionally self-sufficient and doesn’t need a relationship to keep him happy. In a film where the running theme is that most marriages are pretty dysfunctional, Parth’s life seems pretty sorted.
It’s a grey July afternoon. We’re shooting at a studio in Bandra, Mumbai, when I ask Kapur if he sees any similarities between himself and the character. After all, he is often praised in interviews for being “easy-going”, “laidback”, even, dare I say it, “happy-go-lucky”. He smiles disarmingly and shrugs. “I didn’t really think of him that way. I was just trying to play the part,” he says, before adding, “But I know that when [Anurag] Basu was asked who from the cast is the closest to their character in the film, he said it was me. So, looking at it from his eyes, maybe, yes.” Butool Jamal chats with the star about doing exciting work, and making it count.
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