New Delhi, Aug 22: Coming on the set of “Stree 2” right after finishing “Jubilee” took some adjusting for Aparshakti Khurana but he is not complaining as it’s not often that an actor gets to work on two contrasting projects so early in their career.
Khurana made his film debut with 2016’s megahit “Dangal” and went on to garner attention for his comic timing in movies like “Stree” and “Luka Chuppi”. Cut to 2023, he emerged as the breakout performer in Vikramaditya Motwane’s period drama series “Jubilee”, in which he played a servile Binod Das who later becomes film star Madan Kumar.
Basking in the commercial and critical success of Amar Kaushik’s “Stree” sequel, Khurana is happy that things are moving in the right direction for him.
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“People spend their lives waiting to be part of projects like these. It happened so early for me in my career. And coming onto the set of ‘Stree 2’ after (‘Jubilee’)…
“These are two different spaces, the storytelling, acting, the look, even the eyes, everything is different. Both these projects have given me a lot of good fortune and love. I am looking forward to ‘Stree 3’,” the actor told PTI in an interview.
“Stree 2”, the latest title from producer Dinesh Vijan’s ambitious horror comedy universe, takes off after the events of 2018’s “Stree” where the ghost of a courtesan, who was wronged in her mortal life, comes back to Chanderi to help Vicky (Rajkummar Rao) and his friends fight a new mystical enemy called Sarkata.
The second part also stars Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, and Abhishek Banerjee. Vijan has already announced that they are moving ahead with “Stree 3”.
Khurana said it is thanks to Vijan, Kaushik and writer Niren Bhatt that most of the cast and crew that worked on the first film in the franchise returned for the sequel.
“It doesn’t happen often that all people who were part of the first film in a franchise would be back for the second one bringing growth in their individual space. It is extremely amazing if that happens.
“But at the same time, there might be a problem putting them together again because all those people are returning along with their own journeys, successes, and growth.”
The 36-year-old actor said the top brass on “Stree 2” ensured everyone was “calm and composed” while working on the much anticipated second part, which has grossed Rs 400 at the global box office within a week of its release.
“Even during narrations, (they would) keep everyone calm and composed so that we don’t need to take the stress that we are making the second part, that we have to do numbers or that we are coming from our own journeys. (PTI)
