Kartik Aaryan took on position most actors would shy from: Janhvi Kapoor on Dostana 2

Image Source : INSTAGRAM/JANTIK_LOVE Kartik Aaryan took on position most actors would shy from: Janhvi Kapoor on Dostana 2
Actor Janhvi Kapoor says her upcoming movie Dostana 2, a sequel to the 2008 hit Dostana, goals at normalizing homosexuality. She praised co-star Kartik Aaryan for signing a venture different male stars would have shied away from taking over. The 2008 movie chronicled the story of two males who faux to be homosexual to share an residence with a lady with whom they finally fall in love. Directed by Tarun Mansukhani, the unique featured Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. The new take, directed by Collin D’Cunha, additionally stars debutant Lakshya.

In an interview with PTI, Kapoor stated Dostana 2 has been made conserving in thoughts the sensibilities of the present instances and the group is aware about depicting an genuine illustration of homosexuality.

“Dostana 2 looks at normalizing homosexuality. There’s still a stigma around it. Honestly, kudos to Kartik who is mainstream and is known for being the heartthrob of the nation to take on a role that I think most actors would shy away from because it is about homosexuality,” she stated.

The sequel would mark the 23-year-old actor’s third movie with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, after 2018 debut Dhadak and final yr’s Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl.

Kapoor stated Dostana 2 will likely be an addition to the same-sex love tales in Bollywood, that are few and much between. The pop-culture area, Kapoor stated, is filled with principally heterosexual romantic tales they usually have tried to make a movie which the group would be capable to relate to.

“It’s a cool film that normalizes homosexuality. It is not caricaturish. You have these iconic (heterosexual) love stories like DDLJ, Jab We Met and other romantic-comedies. But people who identify themselves as homosexuals, don’t have that,” she stated.

“I’m not saying that’s what we are promising to do, but from our end, it’s an attempt. It’s a fun film and I really can’t wait for the audience to see it,” she added.

Kapoor shared she has completed half of the Dostana 2 shoot and would full the remaining parts publish Good Luck Jerry.

Backed by Aanand L Rai, Good Luck Jerry went on flooring in January. It is directed by Sidharth Sengupta and written by Pankaj Matta. The actor stated whereas it’s too early to disclose the main points, she described the movie as a “mix of action, comedy and thrill”. Kapoor will subsequent be seen on the large display within the horror-comedy Roohi, co-starring Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma.

Directed by Hardik Mehta and backed by Dinesh Vijan, the movie is scheduled to be launched on March 11.