the unconventional hero

The Half Girlfriend actor is happy with his unconventional looks, he thinks it’s the new cool

Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor was told at the beginning of his career that he is not “conventionally” good looking. But he says he’s glad that unconventional is the ‘new cool in the entertainment business.

He has droopy eyes and has faced comments regarding his weight. Asked about how he has dealt with such remarks, Arjun said “As you know that Aditya Chopra gave me the first break, he made me aware of the fact that I am not conventionally good looking and that I have to achieve everything through my work. I think my imperfection makes me attractive and these days, unconventional is new ‘cool’”

From the day superstar Salman Khan identified his potential as an actor and urged him to work on weight loss, from giving auditions for his debut, facing a box office failure with Tevar to delivering a successful film like 2 States, Arjun had quite a bumpy ride in Bollywood.

With a spoof review of the trailer of his forthcoming film Half Girlfriend flooding the internet, actor Arjun Kapoor believes the prompt rollout of the video demonstrates the trailer is powerful enough to have warranted an immediate spoof.

He said makers of the video actually helped promote the film without the actors having to do anything.

“Normally what happens is when a film releases, then people start creating spoofs or having opinions. We are actually very lucky these people helped us promote our film without us having to do anything. That shows how powerful our trailer happened to be that it needed a spoof immediately,” Arjun said.

Elaborating on Fitoor Mishra’s commentary on the Half Girlfriend trailer, which essentially dissects the clip, Arjun said his film’s trailer was “relevant and contextual” for the makers.

“That’s so relevant and contextual for them to be able to create material out of it.They are using us to have fun, making fun of us but what they are actually doing for us is promoting our film. So thank you for it,” he said taking a dig at the makers.

Referring to actor Ranveer Singh’s calling himself the latter’s ‘half girlfriend’, Arjun dubbed Ranveer a ‘brother for life’.