In his almost a decade-old Bollywood career, Shahid Kapoor has gone through a lot of personal and professional ups and downs. But despite as many as six back-to-back box office disappointments behind him, he is undeterred because he feels success can do more harm than failure. “Success can be more dangerous than failure. When you are successful, you feel that you are doing everything right. So, failure can teach you a lot. I just believe in ‘Go out and do your best,’” Shahid said. After Vishal Bharadwaj’s hit film ‘Kaminey’ in which he featured in a double role opposite Priyanka Chopra, Shahid was seen in ‘Paathshaala’, ‘Badmaash Company’, ‘Milenge Milenge’ and ‘Mausam’. Alas, none of them generated good business. Now he will once again be seen with Priyanka, his rumoured former girlfriend, in Kunal Kohli’s ‘Teri Meri Kahaani’. He is hopeful their chemistry will work for the film, which he says is diametrically different from ‘Kaminey’. “I think the audience really liked me and her (Priyanka) in ‘Kaminey’. It’s always fun working with her. This film is very much different from ‘Kaminey’ and nothing will look similar,” he said. At first, Shahid thought ‘Teri Meri Kahaani’, which depicts a love story in three different eras, was about reincarnation. But the director put his doubts to rest. “I had reservations about doing a reincarnation film. Kunal assured me that it would be a romantic comedy. I found that interesting,” he added. But asked about his favourite female co-star from a bouquet as diverse as Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Amrita Rao, Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan, he responded: “Do you think I will answer this question? Not for million bucks!”
