Kunal Thakur made his debut with Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani in the film Kabir Singh. This film is a remake of the Telegu superhit Arjun Reddy. Director Sandeep Vanga is the director of both films.

Talk about him to Kunal and he will remember what a great time he had working with the director. He says, "I have seen his film Arjun Reddy with the subtitles and I loved it. The film has been extremely well executed. I remember our first meeting when he was looking at me and perhaps visualising me as Kamal, Kabir's best buddy. Sir is a very calm and composed person. In our first meeting, I was wearing a shirt and a tee inside so he looked at me and said 'You may have to build some muscles.' But when I rolled my sleeves and showed him my physique, he was convinced."