Ratan Singh’s situation is similar to mine: Shahid Kapoor

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Shahid Kapoor feels relieved. And very, very, happy. Padmaavat has finally released — “I’m still in shock!” he exclaims — and it has already crossed the Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) mark at the box office.

Dressed in a grey T-shirt and white shorts, the actor has invited selected media to his office, just down the street from his home, to talk about the film. Cream walls offset brown wooden furniture in the office. A portion of the wall has a range of cameras, while another has a movie projector.

“It’s all picked up by my wife,” Shahid says, referring to his pretty wife Mira Rajput. One corner of the office has a bookshelf, with Ayn Rand, Ruskin Bond and Vikram Chandra on the shelves.

Shahid has a busy evening ahead. After the interview, he has to rush to Parel, a two-hour drive in peak Mumbai traffic, to be the showstopper for Anita Dongre’s show at the Lakme Fashion Week. Mira will join him, making her debut on the ramp.