Ranbir Kapoor speaks about his acting process and says ‘sometimes you get lucky and sometimes very unlucky’

Over the years, Ranbir Kapoor has played different characters and delivered some terrific performances. From Barfi to Sanju, he has always left the audience astound with his acting. Ranbir has developed a reputation as a director's actor who can carry off performance-oriented roles.

In a recent interview, Ranbir was asked how he manages to match the director’s imagination, to which he said that it is important for him to fall in love with the script as well as the director. “My process as an actor from the very beginning has been that apart from the script, I have to fall in love with the director and the director has to fall in love with me. It has really helped me in flourishing and doing better at my job. With this process, sometimes you get lucky or sometimes you get very unlucky. But maybe I have also done lesser work and also worked with people repeatedly just because I have gelled with the human being, the director, which has become a marriage of sorts while creating the film," said the Shamshera actor.

Shamshera is directed by Karan Malhotra and stars Ranbir in the lead role. The actor acknowledged that without Karan's guidance and assurance, it would have been challenging for him to pull off Shamshera. 

He said, “It was very hard for me (to do this film). Karan held my hand. One thing I lack as an actor is an angst. I am not an angry person. I am a fun-loving, happy, and detached guy. Karan was like, ‘How do I extract the emotion of anger for the character?’ He started going deeper into my personal life. He wanted to tap into that side of me. So, it’s a partnership. I got a great creative partner in Karan. It was a very hard role and there were many days when I was like ‘I can’t do this,'"

Shamshera which also features Vaani Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt in pivotal roles is set to release in theatres on 22 July.