Nayandeep Rakshit (DNA; April 13, 2019)

Shahid Kapoor has been receiving a lot of praise for the first promo of his next outing, Kabir Singh, which released online a few days ago. But the greatest surprise yet for the Padmaavat actor was a call from Baahubali star, Prabhas, who congratulated him on the teaser. The two heroes were, in fact, connected by celebrity hairstylist Aalim Hakim, who tells us, “I was in Hyderabad shooting for Saaho with Prabhas, and the teaser of Kabir Singh had just launched online. Prabhas checked it out and loved it. Even his team members, who have enjoyed Arjun Reddy, felt that Shahid looked brilliant.”

Kabir Singh is the Hindi remake of the Telugu actioner in which Vijay Deverakonda played the titular role. Aalim continues, “Seeing Prabhas’ reaction to the promo, I called up Shahid and handed him the phone. The former praised him and said that Kabir Singh looks even better than the original. Both of them chatted for a good seven-odd minutes.”