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.
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor says 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.
At an event on Friday evening, 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 has been 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 our careers. We were also growing in our own ways,” she said.
“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,” she added.
Kapoor, 37, said 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, our writers, and my director for really cracking the sequel because it’s important to not make a sequel for the sake of it.
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