Why Shahid Kapoor considers himself an outsider: 'My dad Pankaj Kapur doesn't have the power only stars have and...'

Shahid Kapoor has completed 20 years as an actor but despite being veteran actor Pankaj Kapur’s son, he considers himself an outsider. The actor got candid about his journey from a background dancer to a star on Neha Dhupia’s show ‘No Filter Neha’.

Kapoor revealed, “Everybody says this is Pankaj Kapoor ka beta hai and all that, but you know character actors don’t have any power only stars. Only superstars in big film, directors and producers have power. If you start struggling in a BMW and then after the start you buy another BMW then what’s the fun of it?”

He added, “Because my parents were separated and there was this whole pride thing that I don’t wanna say anything to anybody, so I never told anybody. I told my dad that I’ve signed Film after I signed it. He didn’t even know.”

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On outsiders not getting opportunities 

Even from the time you started to now, what is what is like the biggest difference. There are a lot of people who are from the fraternity and few very from the outside. I also came from outside actually, because I came from Delhi to Bombay with my mom and then I I struggled. I didn’t have any channel. Talent is not being given an opportunity as much as it should and I pride myself in the fact that I am here because of the the work that I did, and because of the Actor that I learned to become, and whatever it is, I give to the craft.