Next on the cards for Shahid Kapoor is Kabir Singh, the Hindi remake of the Telugu blockbuster Arjun Reddy. The star received massive appreciation after the teaser of the film took social media by storm. Shahid returns to the space of essaying the role of a college student, years after Ishq Vishk. Becoming the new age "angry young man" he steps into the shoes of an angst-driven, alcoholic surgeon who goes on a self-destructive path.

The young actor went the extra mile for his role in the film. He first put on over 8 kgs to play a functioning alcoholic which required him to look bloated and out of shape and then dropped 12 kgs to look boyish and smaller than his frame, to play a medical college student.