In recent years, with Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar (2021) and Kuttey (2023), Kapoor seems to be reclaiming his space as a purveyor of gritty, darkly comic realism. In Dibakar Banerjee’s Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar , as the paranoid, corrupt Pinky, he delivers a career-best performance. The film’s final shot—Pinky waiting at a bus stop, stripped of his bravado, with a look of terrified hope—is a perfect metaphor for Kapoor’s career. It is messy, unresolved, but utterly compelling.
: Following his bold debut in Ishaqzaade , media outlets and crew members jokingly labeled Arjun Kapoor a "lovemaking expert" because of his professionalism and comfort while shooting these intense sequences for Aurangzeb .