Working with an artiste like Pankaj Kapur is akin to playing a tennis match where the players have envy as well as deep respect for each other, says veteran star Naseeruddin Shah.
The duo, considered among the most critically-acclaimed performers of Indian cinema, share the screen space in Anubhav Sinha’s Netflix series “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack”, which dramatises the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814.
At the press meet of the show here on Tuesday, Shah said Kapur’s presence in a mutual project pushes him to work extra hard.
“It is such a joy to work with him because he is unpredictable and you know that this person has done his preparation. I also make it a point to be completely prepared. It’s great fun. It’s like playing tennis where you envy his game and you also respect it at the same time,” the 74-year-old actor told reporters here.
Shah and Kapur, who are brothers-in-law, have acted together in many notable films of the past three decades, such as “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro”, “Mandi”, “Khamosh” and “Maqbool”.