Actor Harshvardhan Kapoor’ debut film Mirzya, has been receiving luke-warm response from audience and critics. The film, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, managed to collect just over Rs 5 crore in its first weekend. However, the actor, who is the son of veteran actor Anil Kapoor, seems to be unfazed by the setback.
On Tuesday, the actor took to Instagram to post a picture of himself from the film, captioned as: “#mirzya whenever you try and build a new path by not doing the conventional thing , people will take time to see and recognise it , first they will bring u down then they will eventually buy you drinks , but I only drink the best whisky so be ready that time will come , once an artist always an artist.”
Harshvardhan, reportedly, was not paid for his role in the film. ” I didn’t get paid for ‘Mirzya’ at all… but it’s fine because they invested so much money in my riding, training, my physical transformations. Honestly, if you’re letting an actor prepare for 18 months, that’s not free. It’s going to cost you. So that was my fee. They’ve presented me in such a wonderful way that I wish I could pay them back at some point in life, in some way,” he was quoted as saying.
The actor will next be seen in Vikamaditya Motwane’s Bhavesh Joshi.