Actor Rajkummar Rao’s name strikes in the mind instantly when one searches for versatility in Bollywood in over a decade. Quite popular for his roles in content-driven films like Newton, Trapped or very recently Srikanth, Rajkummar aced the screens with his performances in Bareilly Ki Barfi, Stree, Ludo with equal ease and comfort. Stree 2, a horror comedy where he co-stars with Shraddha Kapoor, is winning hearts and making money.
Souvik Ghosh catches up with the actor during the Kolkata promotion A. Absolutely. Sequels can definitely be very challenging.
We took six years to come back with Stree 2 because we were waiting for the right story and screenplay. We never wanted to just make another part for the heck of it. A lot of people come up with a sequel to encash on the success of the first part.
Amar (Amar Kaushik), our director, and writer Niren (Niren Bhatt) were constantly thinking about the idea for the sequel. What I love about Stree 2 is that it’s a true-blue sequel, which exactly starts from where the first part had ended. So the world is similar and of course the fun has increased manifold.
The horror element and social satire have also been incorporated. I hope the audience enjoys the sequel even more than the first part. A.
There has been a lot of fun on the sets of Stree 2 because our director Amar loves fun in his own life. He makes sure that there is no hierarchy on the set and everybody is focussing on just making the scene work and taking it way above wh.