My job as an actor is to do good films and I am doing it. I have had only four releases so far. I am here to do good work; the rest is not in my hand."
Why didn't he ask his producers to postpone the release dates of at least one of his two new films?
"As an actor my job is to act. The rest is in the hands of producer and distributors as to when they want to release their films. They are the best judges to decide on the release date because it is their money which is at stake," says Shahid.
"I am not the only hero whose films are releasing back-to-back; there have been earlier heroes who had the same fate and their films worked at the box office. So, I don't see why my films won't work. VLHTA and Shikhar are different genre films."