Prince charming
HARSHIKAA UDASI
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Ranbir Kapoor, tinsel town’s latest lover boy, gets lucky with three girls in ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno.’
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High stakes: Ranbir Kapoor’s second film ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ is releasing today.
It’s obviously a well-rehearsed answer with just enough betrayal of emotion. ‘Three heroines. Ranbir, which of them was the best to work with?’ is definitely not the easiest question to respond to, especially when one of them happen
s to be your girlfriend. But it is not unanticipated, and hence the answer is prompt. “There’s no way I can choose between them. I shared a great relationship with all of them and we had a great time during the shoot,” says the Kapoor scion. This 26-year-old is back with a Yash Raj movie next week. Shedding his gullible and loser lover boy image, Ranbir is now out for the kill saying ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ (BAH). Dad Rishi Kapoor shook a leg on this fantastic number for his film ‘Hum Kisise Kum Nahi’ and Jr has definitely done a fabulous job on the title track of his own, with a little help from the film’s stylist Aki Narula and the three women – Minissha Lamba, Deepika Padukone and Bipasha Basu. “I was a little apprehensive at the thought of performing on dad’s number. But I eventually did it and the result is for you to judge,” says Ranbir.
Stages of love
Ranbir plays Raj in ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’ which is releasing today. The film talks about his relationships through 17 to 30 years of age where he meets three different women. Quite life-like? Says Ranbir, “We have all had our share of relationships. We have been through the first crush, mere attraction and mature love. This film is a romantic comedy which looks at these relationships through my eyes and what they teach me about love and life.”
That’s quiet reminiscent of his grandfather’s ‘Mera Naam Joker,’ which Raj Kapoor proclaimed was an onscreen ode to the relationships life had offered him. But mention this to Ranbir and he looks hurt. “That was a classic; it was autobiographical. This one’s just a romantic comedy.” Meanwhile, Ranbir has also bagged the next Karan Johar film by first-time director Ayaan Mukherjee. Tentatively titled ‘Wake Up Sid,’ Ranbir will be seen with Konkona Sen Sharma.
BAH is his second film and the stakes are quite high. Admittedly he is nervous. “It’s not because ‘Saawariya’ didn’t do well. My performance was liked and I don’t want to let that go. In ‘Saawariya,’ Sanjay handheld me through the entire film, but I have grown up with Sid (BAH director Siddharth Anand). I have given a lot to this film in terms of look, feel and creative inputs unlike my first where I was following Sanjay all through,” he adds.
The Yash Raj banner may be a very prestigious one to work for but it has had a bad run in the last couple of years.“No, I may be worried because it’s my film but never on the account of Yash Raj.
They have always made great movies. It’s me who needs to prove things here.” Impish smile ends interview.
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