Mumbai, Feb 26: Trade analyst Girish Wankhede has reacted to social media chatter suggesting that Shahid Kapoor's stardom is over following the reported box office failure of his recent release, "O Romeo."
Responding to netizens who claimed Shahid's career is finished, Wankhede dismissed the criticism, calling it merely a temporary setback.
"I see it as a temporary phase. No one's career ends like this. When a movie is released and becomes successful, people forget about the failures. When Shahid Kapoor's "Kabir Singh" was released, people took him seriously. But now, when "Deva" flopped and "O Romeo" was unsuccessful, people started writing him off."
"Nothing succeeds like success. When Shahid Kapoor's next movie is released, and if it turns out to be a huge hit, the same people who are doubting his stardom will forget all their complaints and consider him a star again," he said.
Talking about Shahid Kapoor, the actor made his Bollywood debut with "Ishq Vishk" in 2003, which established him as the quintessential "chocolate boy" of the early 2000s.
Before entering films as an actor, Shahid worked as a background dancer in projects like "Taal" and "Dil To Pagal Hai," where he danced behind Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor, respectively.
For those unfamiliar, Kapoor is the son of actor Pankaj Kapur and actress Neelima Azeem, giving him a background in the film industry.
However, despite this, the actor has often spoken about auditioning and carving his own path in the industry.
His pairing with Amrita Rao in the mid-2000s era of Bollywood became hugely popular after their back-to-back hits like "Ishq Vishk" and "Vivah."
On the personal front, Shahid is married to Mira Rajput and the couple has two children, a daughter named Misha and a son named Zain.