Shraddha Kapoor credits her 'fabulous team' for the success of 'Stree 2'
New Delhi: Shraddha Kapoor said that the credit for the resounding success of her latest movie ‘Stree 2’ belongs to its ‘fabulous team’ that crafted a sequel true to the spirit of the original.
The Amar Kaushik-directed horror comedy, a sequel to the 2019 film ‘Stree’, has emerged as the highest-grossing Hindi film of all time at the domestic box office, with a collection of over Rs 600 crore. Recently at an event, where the iconic magazine ‘Screen’ was relaunched, Kapoor called the film a ‘pure cinematic joy’ and praised the collaborative effort of the crew and her co-stars Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Banerjee and Aparshakti Khurana.
“We have brilliant actors in the film. We have some really entertaining dialogues. So, it was a fabulous team effort and pure cinematic joy. I’m really proud to be a part of this film,” Kapoor said.
For Kapoor, it all began with ‘Stree’, set in the small town of Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, where an evil spirit named ‘Stree’ abducts men during the festival season. The story was based on the urban legend of ‘Nale Ba’, which went viral in Karnataka in the 1990s.
“It was about six years ago and ‘Maddock Films’ was just up and coming as a production house. All the actors were at very different stages in their careers. We were also growing in our own ways,” she said.
She added, “My personal reaction when I heard the first part was that I felt like I hadn’t heard a film like that before. It was based on an urban legend and I was literally falling off the sofa when I heard it. I was so glad that they came to me for this film, which is pure entertainment. I was genuinely laughing at the dialogues and the scenes.”
Kapoor, 37, said that the movie and her character received immense love from audiences.
“My character is this mysterious girl who comes and goes and you’re constantly wondering about her presence. So, it all began there. And hats off to our producer, writers and director for really cracking the sequel because it’s important not to make a sequel for the sake of it. You really have to have some substance if you’re going to bring people to the theatre and garner genuine appreciation. I feel they stayed true to how a sequel should be made. They did a super job by cracking the story of ‘Stree 2’, getting all the entertainment factors into the film,” she said.
