Vaani Kapoor is looking forward to the release of her upcoming film, also starring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. In this interview, the Befikre actor talks about her mentors, her struggle period and her next film Shamshera with Ranbir Kapoor.War was an experience of a lifetime, I got to play an important character opposite brilliant performers like Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. It was a chance that I was not going to miss.For months, I would not know what will happen, and eventually, I was in a state of mind where I told myself that if it is meant to happen, it will happen. If we talk about my struggle period, for Shuddh Desi Romance I did countless auditions because Maneesh Sharma (director) was very particular. I have given insane amount of auditions before Shuddh Desi Romance and Befikre happened.I think my support system is Shanoo Sharma (Casting Director, YRF). She is like an elder sister to me and I can completely rely on her advice. I always take Adi’s (Aditya Chopra) advice. He is the best mentor I could have asked for. Adi always says, ‘Just be who you are, and don’t succumb to pressure. Never do something which you don’t feel right about’. I go by what he says.It doesn’t. I just try to nurture what I have and not constantly think about what others are doing. Because honestly, it’s just a bad way to look at things.Ranbir is someone I absolutely love watching on screen as an audience. Now that I am working with him, I realise he is such a normal guy with no baggage of ‘Oh I am Ranbir Kapoor’. He does not carry his stardom. He is a great actor and a great human being. He has no airs about himself or his standing. He makes my life so much easier as a co-actor because I have to focus on acting and nothing else.
