Arjun Kapoor says children were scared of him after his first two films — Ishaqzaade and Gunday — but he is glad that 2 States has changed that perception.
The actor played raw, rustic and action-oriented characters in his first two movies, but in 2 States, Kapoor plays a smart and suave college student.
“The best thing is that kids are not scared of me any more. After my previous films, kids got scared seeing me,” the 28-year-old said in Mumbai on Sunday.
“One kid saw me once and started saying ‘Bala, Bala’ [name of Kapoor’s character in Gunday] and started to cry. No kid is crying now and they are ready to take photographs with me,” he added.
Meanwhile, 2 States has been readily accepted by the audience. However, the reviews aren’t unanimous among critics.
Kapoor is nonchalant about it as he feels that everyone has a right to an opinion, and the box office collections so far are promising.
“We make a film for a very big diaspora of audience, so everyone has a right to opinion. You are spending money, so you can have an opinion, but eventually you make a film for the majority and not minority. I think box office collections are majority whether they [critics] like it or not,” Kapoor said.
“You have to balance the pros and cons of the critical reviews and audience interactions. It is too early to suggest where the film is heading in terms of numbers but as far as I am concerned, I have never got such a good response for any of my previous films,” he added.
Directed by Abhishek Varman, 2 States stars Alia Bhatt opposite Kapoor and is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel 2 States: The Story Of My Marriage.
