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Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna shot for their recently released romantic comedy, Cocktail 2, at real locations. Sicily being the main
destination, they filmed key sequences in Delhi as well. The team of the film faced various obstacles, including unhealthy AQI in the capital of India. A line producer on Cocktail 2, named Sumit Tyagi, spoke about Shahid not being willing to shoot outdoors in Delhi without air purifiers. In a recent interview with a YouTuber, he called Kapoor ‘manmauji’ (free-spirited) while narrating an incident that created such a perception about him.
Shahid Kapoor refused to step outdoors for shoot amid poor AQI in Delhi
On the YouTube channel, The Shivam Podcast, Sumit recalled being told that Shahid would not shoot outdoors, considering the AQI was poor. The production team had to get five to six air purifiers for him, which were best suited for indoors, but the shoot was outdoors. The shoot location was Cyber City, Gurugram.
Sumit said air purifiers were one of those useless things that were bought at the last minute. “This was for Shahid, so we can’t call them useless. Because Shahid had said that I won’t get out of the van. He would just take off the mask before the shot; otherwise, he had a mask on the entire time,” he shared before adding, “We were shooting in Cyber City. How can an air purifier help there? It is all open.”
Tyagi said while Shahid wasn’t wrong in demanding air purifiers, it was never going to be a solution during outdoor shoots. “So you don’t get hurt that your demands have not been met and production has tried its best,” he said.
Shahid Kapoor is 'temperamental', says crew
Highlighting Shahid’s ‘temperamental’ behaviour, Sumit claimed that the actor is the ‘kind of person who believes ‘I won’t think much about you, and you don’t think much about me. Even if you are thinking, I won’t think about you’.
Even in the past, Shahid’s on-set demands came under the spotlight when Kiara Advani, his co-star in Kabir Singh, shared on Koffee With Karan that she had to wait for eight hours because the actor was deciding what shoes to wear in the next scene.
About Cocktail 2
Cocktail 2 is the spiritual sequel to Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan and Diana Penty’s Cocktail. The film is about college sweethearts Kunal and Diya. They are happy in a live-in relationship and are avoiding marriage. However, before planning their wedding, Diya and Kunal go on a vacation to Sicily, where she meets her long-lost best friend, Ally. Diya wants to test Kunal’s loyalty towards her, especially when marriage is a topic he has been dodging for a while. Amid the drama, Ally falls in love with Kunal and attempts to stop him from marrying Diya. In the end, Kunal marries Diya as he has been loyal to her since the beginning.
