Exclusive: Arjun Kapoor Feels Parineeti Is Like Pinky In Real Life; Reveals What He Likes And Dislikes About Her

After winning hearts with their raw chemistry and acting chops in Ishaqzaade, the extremely talented Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra reunited on-screen for Namaste England. Sadly, the film did not have the same impact on the audience. However, the two made up for it with their incredibly versatile and mind-blowing performances in Dibakar Banerjee’s Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar. While Parineeti portrayed the role of Sandeep, a top executive at a bank, Arjun played the character of Haryanavi cop Pinky. This time, their characters represented two completely different individuals who wanted nothing to do with each other, but still ended up uniting to save their own lives.

In an exclusive chat with Desimartini, Arjun was asked what he likes and dislikes most about his co-star Parineeti. To this, the actor replied, “You know what I love about Parineeti is that she’s just such an intelligent actor on set. She’s like there, she has a mind, she has an opinion, she’s questioning, she’s fighting, finding. Hai uske andar woh ek energy hai where on set she’s got that feistiness in her which helps her perform better. And that’s what makes me and her tick, because we play off very well against each other. What I don’t like about her is that in her personal space, she’s not as street smart as she ought to be and that’s something which not every actor who comes into this profession is going to be.”

He went on to explain, “You live and learn with your mistakes. Some people get a good infrastructure around them, some people tend to be a certain way, some people learn along the way. I always feel she’s a bit vulnerable and gullible.. She’s too much of a Pinky sometimes. She should be more of a Sandeep, I guess.” He added that Parineeti plays Sandeep really well on-screen but she should be more like Sandeep off screen also.

When asked which character is most like the real Arjun, the actor replied, “I guess Krish from 2 States. I’m a little like him. That would be perhaps the closest to who I am.” He went on to add that while he does not relate to each role he plays, there are parts of him in every character we see. For instance, there is a certain part of him that is in Pinky also. He explained, “The inherent goodness that he has, I would like to believe I’m a nice person so that inherent goodness comes through at some point because I related to that side of him.”