What I've seen and learnt from life is that when you give it your best, when you're in it at 100 percent, and you give it your blood, sweat and tears, something beautiful will come out of it.
— Ishaan Khatter
I have always had open conversations with Shahid. He would discuss what he felt as a performer, and I would talk to him about his performances.
I want to be a part of films that elate me and resonate with me.
Language is something that I take great interest in.
I am not somebody who is very fashionable. I do not pay much heed to what I wear. I am very erratic in that sense.
'Dhadak' has its own individuality and a story that deserves to be told to a larger audience.
I've worked towards self-development as an aspiring artiste. I've been most passionate about dancing and acting, so I have followed it obsessively.
I grew up with a deep regard for cinema.
I have only got encouragement and lessons from my family, so I don't associate negative things like pressure with them.
I wasn't very academically inclined, growing up as a child, and the only subject I was good at was English. I had a flair for it, since I came from a literary background.
I think of 'Beyond The Clouds' very fondly. Yes, it has not been seen by a lot of people in theatres. I had anticipated more people would watch it. But that has to do with something I don't know well: marketing. A lot of people didn't even know that it was a Hindi film.
There was a day when I woke up and realised that I had to pinch myself, since I was going to work with Majid Majidi.
Both my brother and mother are actors and dancers. Of course my mom, who is a Kathak exponent, is the most established dancer amongst the three of us.
There are a lot of people who are overly judgemental on the Internet.
I believe it's always important to listen to the call of your heart.
I enjoy Instagram because it is a visual medium platform, with more photographs.
When I was 16, I watched a lot of world cinema. I borrowed a lot of my personality from cinema. It has been one of my biggest teachers.
At the end of the day, filmmaking is all about telling stories, and I'm just doing my part.
There was a time when I would sit with my books and immediately put them away. I'm not dyslexic, but I was like that child in 'Taare Zameen Par.' Coincidentally, the character's name was also Ishaan.
The reason why I wanted to be an actor was to understand different people and cultures.
It was a great learning experience to work with all the stalwarts associated with 'Beyond the Clouds.' It's indeed a strong team to be working with.
Shahid is a paternal figure to me. He's almost like a teacher. All my life, I've learned so much by watching him. I can't possibly consider him as competition to me. In fact, I would say, we're a team.
I'm not a method actor because it refers to a certain kind or technique of acting that I have studied about, and I know I'm not one of them.
I'm proud of my middle-class background because that's how I've grown up. I have my values and sensibilities.
I have always been passionate about dancing and acting, and before I was passionate about it, I was fascinated by it.
Working with Janhvi is great. She has the best energy on set. She brings smiles on people's faces. She is very dedicated and sincere.
A lot of people have their own idea of how you need to conduct yourself. But I think it's important to be spontaneous and honest, because what's frightening in the process of being correct is that you might lose yourself.
I feel I have learnt a lot on the sets of 'Beyond The Clouds,' and it will be a life-long learning for me.
My mother has brought me up in a manner that has allowed me to retain my values, ideologies, and philosophies. I was let loose, just enough to develop an individual personality.
I have been passionate about dancing and acting as long as I I can remember. It was a natural progression to make it my passion, pursue it, learn more about it, and develop myself as a performer.
My mother is my best friend and my biggest critic.
I never attended any acting school, though I've done theatre workshops a couple of times, and it has been an extremely enriching experience. But beyond that, I don't want to acquire the skills of acting and use them on camera. I'd rather learn on the job.
Shahid's been a big influence in my life.
I haven't studied acting formally, so my 'university' was watching a lot cinema.
I feel that when it comes to acting, Shahid and I approach roles differently.
During college, I found academics repulsive and forced myself to study subjects I didn't want to pursue.
I come from a family of linguists. My maternal grandparents have been authors and translators.
I am very inspired by my brother when it comes to fashion.
Actors can become technically sound, but honesty always translates, even if you are not doing a lot of things on camera.
For someone who doesn't have a family associated with the industry, they obviously find it tougher to get cast in a film, simply because opportunities are taken up by people who are given preference.
I feel fame shouldn't necessarily get me going, but I understand it is part of the job. Sometimes, it is inconvenient and unnecessarily imposing in your personal life.
Our family is in love with this profession, and I am really fortunate that I have got an opportunity to prove myself and to do what I love to do... My effort will be to put my heart and soul in my work, and I will try to make not only my family but the entire country happy with my work.
I believe that the environment at home has been fairly secular and liberal. And most times, it comes from my mother. Our culture is very strong, but at the same time, she's a very free-spirited person. She's an artiste, and that's the environment I grew up in, where films and music were respected and meditated upon.
Movies have only fascinated me; they've cultivated me, made me the person I am today.
If you go to Udaipur, even the locals from the lower middle class have a certain air about them. They are very proud of their heritage and history.
People presume that just because I am Shahid Kapoor's brother, I must have studied in an international school, gone out on foreign vacations, and had a certain kind of upbringing. But the truth is quite different, and I am very proud of where I come from.
For me, what's important is to be inspired and keep moving to grow as an artist and as a person.
I don't think I can live a life of compromise. If I did, I wouldn't be able to sleep properly.
I like to mix it up, so I do Parkour, play football, dance... I am a dancer, essentially.
I would be open to doing cinema anywhere in the world. I wouldn't want to restrict myself to a certain kind of cinema or a certain language or get typecast.
