Arjun Kapoor believes people have preconceived notions about Star Kids

Mumbai| Arjun Kapoor has been in the Hindi film industry for ten years. He began his Bollywood career with Ishaqzaade and has since appeared in films such as 2 States, Gunday, Mubarakan, and, most recently, Ek Villain Returns.

Despite having spent a decade in the industry and appearing in successful films, Arjun believes he is a “little underrated” as an actor. He stated that when someone comes from a film background, such as his, people have preconceived notions about him/her.

“I feel I am generally a bit underrated and more of an underdog when it comes to performance. People imagine that I am a better mainstream hero. But I guess it is the culture and nature of this business, where sometimes, because of the lineage you come from, or the kind of expressive nature you have off camera where you’re unabashedly filmy, and I am kind of unapologetically that, so maybe that kind of takes more precedence over your regard for the purity of cinema. But I have both in equal measure,” Arjun told a leading news portal

He went on to say that the industry’s biggest problem is that no one talks about the craft of acting. He said, “I have not heard one person having an actual conversation about craft when it comes to the media or social media about an actor, per se.”

“I feel people who are discussing craft don’t know it themselves. The craft they’ve learnt is clickbait, and it is an easy craft, it means talking negatively about everything. What’s tougher is to have two lines written with logical sense. At some point, critics and commercialism need to align a little more,” stated the Half Girlfriend actor.

Meanwhile, Arjun will next be seen in The Lady Killer alongside Bhumi Pednekar.