Aditya Roy Kapur has been a sensation in the industry ever since he starred in ‘Aashiqui 2’ opposite Shraddha Kapoor in 2013. The movie became his instant shot to fame and Aditya became an overnight star. The actor in the past few years has become one of the mainstays in industry and he has been active in the Hindi film industry for much longer.
Kapur had also made an unlikely debut in 2009 with Vipul Shah’s London Dreams as a guitarist in Ajay Devgn’s band. The actor managed to star in two major projects the next year Shah’s Action Replay and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish.
Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s son who time travels to set right his parents falling marriage in Action Replyy or as a young man keen on learning magic from Hrithik Roshan’s crippled genius in Guzaarish, Kapur was distinctive.
Aditya Roy Kapur established himself as an urbane looking young actor with passable talent and a knack for landing big projects. It took him another 3 years to get to Aashiqui 2 which was his first as a solo lead that finally made people sit up take notice of him. The film was a major success, with its songs blaring out of every stereo and speaker.
After Aashiqui 2, it’s been six years but Kapur is still waiting for a hit. He has starred in eight films, playing the lead in four, all of which (OK Jaanu, Dawat-e-Ishq and Fitoor) except for Aashiqui 2 came and went without a trace.
Kalank, therefore, is his one golden chance at reviving his failing career. This film also stars Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha, Madhuri Dixit and Sanjay Dutt but that’s the challenge.
Considering his filmography vis-à-vis the others, the stakes are much higher for him than for any of his co-satrs.
Kapur is well connected and can keep getting big films without delivering solid performances, but luck may not favour him for long.
Notably, other actors, who started around the same time as Kapur (Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Rajkummar Rao, Kalki Koechlin, Swara Bhaskar to have proven through their work over and over again why they bag the projects that they do and enjoy the stardom they have.
Today, 10 years and eight films later, Kapur is still waiting for a breakthrough. So are we.
