Vaani Kapoor talks about her projects ‘Sarvagunn Sampanna’, ‘Mandala Murders’

Bollywood actress Vaani Kapoor will now be seen in two diversely different projects ‘Sarvagunn Sampanna’ and OTT show ‘Mandala Murders’. She says it will give her the space to experiment with two very “different interesting genres”. Vaani says, “There are two back-to-back acting pieces that I’m headlining — Sarvagunn Sampanna and Mandala Murders. My attempt in films has been to always showcase diversity in performances first.

These two projects give me the space to experiment with two very different interesting genres.” She adds, “It’s at the end a leap, one being a thriller which allows room for action and the other being a complete light drama/slice of life movie in a small time frame. I’m hugely excited and looking forward to these films being presented soon.” “Also grateful to be working with good talents behind the camera that help me find a better footing for my performance.”

Kapoor started her career in the Hindi film industry by signing a three films deal with Yash Raj Films. She was selected through an audition to play a supporting role in the romantic comedy Shuddh Desi Romance, alongside Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra. The film dealt with the subject of live-in relationships; it received positive feedback from critics, and Kapoor’s portrayal of an outspoken girl, Tara, was praised.

Mohar Basu of Koimoi wrote that Kapoor was “a pleasant debutant though she isn’t an overtly powerful actress” while Madhureeta Mukherjee of The Times Of India thought that she was “impressive, pretty and commands a good screen-presence”. Shuddh Desi Romance collected US$9.8 million at the box-office worldwide and emerged as a commercial success. At the 59th Filmfare Awards, Kapoor was awarded with the Best Female Debut award.

Kapoor’s next release was the Tamil romantic comedy Aaha Kalyanam, an official remake of the 2010 Hindi film Band Baaja Baaraat. She was cast opposite Nani and learned the Tamil language for the film. Upon release, the film was panned by critics and her performance was poorly received. In 2016, Kapoor appeared in Aditya Chopra’s romantic comedy Befikre opposite Ranveer Singh, which was set in Paris. She played Shyra Gill, a French tourist guide of Indian descent whose romantic liaisons with Singh’s character leads to conflict between them.

The received negative reviews from critics and was considered to be a box-office failure. After a three-year break from films, she appeared in the action thriller War, alongside Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff. It was by Siddharth Anand and once again produced by Yash Raj Films.

War set the record for the highest-opening day collection for a Bollywood film in India of over 53.35 crores nett domestically and went on to become the highest-grossing Indian film of 2019, earning over 475 crores Worldwide and 318 crores net domestically in India thus entering the 300 Crore Club. thereby being her most successful film so far. However, she was criticised for her limited screen space, and her presence was widely considered as mainly to add a glamour quotient.

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