Shilpa Shetty Kundra: I don’t think it makes any sense for producers to release their films this year

This year was an enormous one for Shilpa Shetty Kundra and her followers because the actor was set to make a comeback after a spot of 13 years. And it was going to be a double celebration for her as she had two films releasing. However, the Covid-19 pandemic performed fairly a spoil sport.

“Man proposes pandemic disposes ,” Shlipa says with a hearty snicker, including that she isn’t sweating a lot about it as she has bought this time to spend together with her daughter, Samisha, who she welcomed by way of surrogacy on February 15.

“I’m someone who lives in the now, you’ve to take it as it comes, I don’t think my reintroduction on the big screen is more important than health. I don’t want to step out of the house as it is. When my daughter was born, I was so worried that I have two films, how would I manage?” she shares. 

The 45-year-old had nearly completed Nikamma and a little bit of Hungama 2 was left earlier than the pandemic struck. “So we had done it in a way that it was going to be easy for me post my daughter’s birth, but I still wouldn’t have got the time like I do now, with Samisha; this is priceless,” she provides.

Calling 2020 a “blur” for everybody, Kundra feels that issues won’t return to regular earlier than subsequent year.

“My films are on floors. I don’t think it makes any sense for producers to release their films this years. I will wait for my time. 2021 is the year. 2020 didn’t exist,” she quips.

Given that many films have taken the digital route, would she be okay if her films, too, get a direct-to-OTT release? The actor reveals that the filmmakers of each her films aren’t too eager in regards to the concept.

“I’ve had a word with Sabbir (Khan; director of Nikamma) and he’d not like to release it on the web. Ours is a very big film, we want to hear it on a Dolby digital surround sound. Even Ratan ji (Ratan Jain; producer Hungama 2) doesn’t want to do it. These are not OTT films. Everything happens for the best, we’ll get to it when we get to it,” she stays hopeful.

While films may need taken a backseat, Shilpa has been taking utmost care of her well being and health the previous three months and within the course of she has turned a vegetarian. While she admits that being a Mangalorean it was “difficult to give up the fish and chicken”, she’s blissful that she’s now on the correct path.

“It has been a slow and gradual process. I first gave up meat and then chicken and then fish. I luckily have a spouse (Raj Kundra) who wanted to do it for health reasons but he has gone a step ahead become a vegan. When you see scientific evidence that supports the idea of a plant-based diet, you realise you’d rather adopt it, and not make your body a graveyard for animals. These are good enough reasons to do it. I’ve seen a big change in my body,” she concludes.

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