Shahid Kapoor's Vivah to Amrita Rao

Sooraj Barjatya returns to the big screen after more than three years (his last film was Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon), and with a new Prem. It's Shahid Kapur in his forthcoming Vivah.

Salman Khan was Sooraj's favourite Prem having starred in three of Rajshri's films as Prem (Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Aapke Hain Kaun and Hum Saath Saath Hain). Meanwhile, his Sooraj's experiment with Abhishek Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan in MPKDH was a damp squib.

So, is Shahid the new Prem? "Yes, he is," answers Shahid's co-star in Vivah, Amrita Rao where she plays his fiancee Poonam. And what about Shahid? "I don't think there can be any better Prem than Salman. He is irreplaceable," he answers. And if you were to give him an option to play any of the past Prems, "It has to be the one in Maine Pyar Kiya though I am biased towards the one in Vivah."

Vivah is Shahid-Amrita's fourth film together (Ishq Vishq, Shikhar and Vaah! Life Ho To Aisi), so expectations are naturally building up. On this, both are cool. "We didn't plan anything nor were we promoted by any banner. It is something the audience has created," adds Amrita who plays a small-town girl engaged to a Delhi guy in the film. Shahid says Vivah portrays them differently.

"If your first film works people tend to like you. Amrita hasn't got her due yet and I hope she benefits out of Vivah since she has a tailor-made role," he says on Amrita.

The film may not have the glitz and glamour of most of Rajshri's previous, but has a story one can connect to because, it is the first love story that talks about arranged marriage and in India still a large section of the population goes for arranged marriage, feels Shahid who adds.

"It makes a strong statement on what it takes to live up to the commitment of marriage." He knows the comparisons he would have to face with Salman, but Shahid says he understood what the director required him to play - a guy on the shy side and not as boyish or exuberant in his previous films.

Rajshri's films also remind us of the Indian family and Amrita does feel it plays an important part in Vivah too, though the focus is more on the courtship period about "how your life changes when somebody becomes so special."

Amrita on the other hand considers Poonam as a role of a lifetime because this was the first time she felt inspired by a role. "I have always had high regards for directors like Soorajji, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and others who have given women very strong characters in their films and I hope I have done justice to the role of Poonam. Soorajji has scripted it with a lot of purity." And she would love to play Nutan's role in Rajshri's Saudagar because "of its uniqueness."

Both the actors are all praise for their director - Shahid considers Sooraj as somebody who does all the homework and hence it becomes easy for everybody to work with him. And we remind Shahid of the pranks he played on the sets and he says it was necessary to keep the unit going during the course of a 45-day long schedule at Nainital.

Up next for Amrita is E Niwas' film and for Shahid, a break. He is reading scripts and waiting for the release of Farhan Akhtar's Don The Chase Begins Again where his girl friend Kareena Kapor has danced to the tunes of Yeh mera dil. "I am a big fan of Shah Rukh Khan and of course there's Kareena, so I have pretty good reasons to see it first," he quips.

Hindustan Times


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Average Rating: 4.87 / 5.00

 India   VIPIN NEHA from  DELHI, India

Fave Movie: Vivah

10:15 pm, Sat 28th Jun 2008

I LOVE YOU AMRITA
I WANT WIFE LIKE YOU ( POONAM ).YOU ARE THE GIRL WHOM I WANT TO LOVE NOT SEX. I THINK THIS THE TRUE DEFINITION OF LOVE. I WANT TO MEET YOU ONCE IN MY LIFE.

 India   anushree from  ahmedabad, India

Fave Movie: Main Hoon Na

2:50 am, Thu 19th Jun 2008

hiiii.... amrita didi,hw r u....well i just love u like anything, i love everything abt u and ur movie main hoon na was awesome, u played very cool role in it (tomboy)im like tht only....hey im going to participate in the compition called "voice of india" on 21st of july....wish me luck..anyways reply me plz ok so bye takecare hv fun n enjoy ur life

 India   shona from  pune, India

Fave Movie: Vivah

7:37 am, Tue 10th Jun 2008

hey amrita i like this movie very much.you look too good with shahid. i think you both are made for each other.but i have one suggetion fo you that please try to make your pronounsation more clearly and don't trapped in only one type of roles like sweet, innocent shy girl

 India   zankar patel from  ahemedabad, India

Fave Movie: Vivah

10:52 pm, Fri 23rd May 2008

hiiii i like you ,shahid kapoor & your pair very much. in vivah film you locking excellent.i also like ishq vishq.

 India   AVANI DANI from  AHMEDABAD, India

Fave Movie: Vivah

1:03 am, Mon 19th May 2008

HI,AMRITA,I LIKE YOU VERY MUCH.YOU AND SHAHIDKAPOOR'S PAIR I LIKE VERY MUCH.AND YOUR LOOK IS ALL YOUR MOVIE IS SO GORGIOUS.YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL IN MOVIE VIVAH.I LIKE YOUR MOVIE.

 India   sneha from  orissa, India

Fave Movie: Vivah

11:51 pm, Fri 18th Apr 2008

hey hi amrita di.how r u?vivah was fabulous di.more than me,my boy fi likes this movie.he wants me to be like u.i think it is difficult but not impossible.ok then luv u n bye

 Pakistan   sonalikirve@yahoo.com from  pune, Pakistan

Fave Movie: Vivah

2:55 am, Mon 07th Apr 2008

hi i am sonali i like shahid and amarita very much so i think i join this community. thanks

 Indonesia   Banny from  Jakarta, Indonesia

Fave Movie: Vivah

3:35 am, Tue 25th Mar 2008

Haii...
My name Banyy ( Ria ) I love your fans from Indonesia. On your movie viva it grade and wonderfull, I love your acting expecially with sahid kapoor . I thing you are best couple beside kajol and sharuk khan . tks

 Malaysia   yenal.........17 from  kk, Malaysia

Fave Movie: Vivah

7:09 am, Mon 03rd Mar 2008

hello Poonam....i really like your acting in the film vivah.......it was so romantic.....i really like both of you.............you are so cute and beautiful.................

 UAE   riya from  new york, UAE

Fave Movie: Vivah

2:53 pm, Tue 26th Feb 2008

amrita didi u r so so sweet.............and ur film vivah is very good.......i m a great fan of u.......plzzzz reply me.......

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