Its raining appreciation for the star cast of Padmaavat and why not, such were their performances! Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s style of working makes everyone in the industry want to work with him at least once. However, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are one of those lucky ones who got to work with him not once, not twice but thrice!! While, on the other hand, it is for the first time that Shahid Kapoor has done a period drama and with a filmmaker of everybody’s desire. We all know that DeepVeer have been SLB’s favoutite since long. So did this affect Sasha’s bonding with the crew? Well, the handsome Kapoor thinks so! In an interview to DNA, Shahid Kapoor clear cut stated that he felt like an ‘outsider’.

Talking to this daily, the dancer- actor explained, “I'm used to being the favourite of all my filmmakers. This was the first time that I was like an outsider. When you work with a team that has worked together, you are kind of an outsider and it takes time for you to break through that barrier." We all know this feeling when we had to enter a new school amid a bunch of old groups, getting all awkward and excited, right?

However, Shahid is also in awe with Bhansali’s way of working. Like an eager learner, the Udta Punjab actor revealed, “The best thing about Sanjay sir is that he is ruthless in his creative desire. He is extremely intuitive towards artistes and his craft. And he doesn't care whether it is 4 am or midnight, or whether it is 82 days or 100 days or what the cost of one day's shooting is or if someone is emotionally spent.”

All that effort taken by the director, the actors, the entire crew has paid well- off. The film is doing well in the country as well as at the International box office. Had it not been their patience to fight against the protest and Akshay Kumar’s big heart that postponed his film ‘PadMan’ for SLB, the magnum opus would not see the day that it is witnessing now. What say?

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