Shahid Kapoor to fly F-16 fighter jet

Shahid Kapoor, who is playing an air force officer's role in the yet-to-be-released movie Mausam, will fly in a US F-16 fighter jet at the AeroIndia show starting in Bengaluru next week.

Kapoor will take a joy ride on the fighter jet of US aerospace major Lockheed Martin, with a pilot giving him company in the cockpit on February 12 at the show, a company official said.

"It is a huge honour and privilege and at the same time probably the coolest thing I've done yet in life... I am super excited about it," Kapoor said.

Mausam is an upcoming film directed and written by Pankaj Kapur, Kapoor's actor father. The film will also feature actress Sonam Kapoor.

As part of his role in Mausam, Kapoor has got acquainted with the various aspects of fighter planes by meeting Indian Air Force personnel over the last year.