‘I never announced a film with Shahid’

Actor Shahid Kapoor sent fans into a frenzy when he had said in December last year that he would be teaming up with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali for a film. But the project never happened and the filmmaker said that the queries around the movie should not be directed at him as he never announced it in the first place.

Shahid had expressed excitement about his teamup with his Jab We Met (2007) director for a new film with an “interesting” subject. The actor had said that he would start shooting for the same after wrapping up his upcoming release Batti Gul Meter Chalu. Soon after, there were reports that the project was shelved, and Shahid later told reporters that the film is “not happening this year” and they might “probably work on something else”.

When asked about reports regarding the film with Shahid, Imtiaz said, “There will be more news like this because the fact is, I keep meeting actors and there is always going to be some speculation...I never announced a film. I never said I am making a film. I never said I am working with Shahid Kapoor. So now when people ask me that the film is not happening, I reply, ‘Which film?’ I never said it. Jisne bola usko bolo (talk to the person who spoke about it). There’s no truth to it.”

Imtiaz last directed Jab Harry Met Sejal (2017), and the filmmaker says he has currently written four stories, and has developed two screenplays.

PHOTO: YOGEN SHAH Imtiaz Ali Khan and Shahid Kapoor last worked in the blockbuster Jab We Met in 2007