Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor will soon be seen playing a larger-than-life hero in Shamshera. The actor, who returns to the big screen, four years after delivering the blockbuster Sanju, plays a dual role of tribal warlord Shamshera and his son Balli in the much-awaited YRF venture.
The film will also bear testimony if YRF can make its magic work after two dismal ventures in Ranveer Singh’s Jayeshbhai Jordaar (an OTT release) and the epic Samrat Prithviraj, starring Akshay Kumar and Manushi Chhillar in lead roles.
Ahead of the film’s release, the actor has been releasing the episodic RK Tapes on social media and in the second episode of a three episodic candid video series titled ‘RK Tapes’, has opened up about his favourite Hindi film heroes and how they have shaped his consciousness over the years!
The superstar says “I wanted to be Amitabh Bachchan. When I grew up, I wanted to be Shah Rukh Khan! Finally, I had to be Ranbir Kapoor”. In the clip, Ranbir is seen as saying, “By the time I grew up these Hindi Film heroes had become my real life heroes. Everything I did, how I dressed, how I spoke, subconsciously in everything I did was inspired by my heroes. But strangely enough, when I became an actor, I wasn’t choosing the kind of films my heroes would choose. So I may have satisfied the actor in me, but when I look back at that 12- year-old, Hindi Film Hero obsessed Ranbir, I feel he still has to fulfill his dream.”
Meanwhile, for the unversed, Ranbir starrer Shamshera is set in the fictitious city of Kaza, where a warrior tribe is imprisoned, enslaved and tortured by a ruthless authoritarian general Shudh Singh (played by Sanjay Dutt, whose biography, Ranbir had worked on in Sanju). This film will see Shamshera relentlessy fighting Shugh Singh for his tribe’s freedom and dignity.
The high-octane, adrenaline-pumping entertainer is set in the 1800s in the heartland of India. It has the big promise of a never seen before Ranbir Kapoor, who plays Shamshera in the film! Sanjay Dutt plays Ranbir’s arch-enemy in this huge casting coup and his showdown with Ranbir will be something to watch out for as they will ferociously go after each other with no mercy.
This film, produced by Aditya Chopra and is set to release in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu on July 22, 2022
