Ranbir Kapoor is not only a star girls drool over, but is also an actor whom critics wait to watch. Pratishtha Malhotra chatted up with this superstar in the making who was recently in Delhi for a charity football match of Actors Vs Cricketers about his past successes and his next big flick with his ex flame...
You’ve been taking out a lot of time to practise for the All Stars Football Club. Is football your favourite sport?
Yes, football is my favourite sport. I love it. In fact, I think everyone should play at least one sport. I have been playing the game since my school days. I carry a football with me all the time and play with my crew. I feel that the infrastructure in Delhi is much better than that in Mumbai. There isn't any good football stadium there. I wish the authorities take up the issue and give the city a world class football stadium.
Who do you think is the toughest competitor in the match?
I think Dhoni, Virat and Suresh Raina.
Who is the best footballer in the Actors’ team?
I’d like to believe it’s me! (smiles). There is Leander Paes, Arjun Kapoor, Marc Robinson, Dino Morea, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Karan Waahi Varun Dhawan and Aditya Roy Kapoor. All these guys are very good.
In your upcoming film, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (YJHD), your character says that one should get married and have kids at 30. Do you personally propagate this thought?
I am also 30 and I am not married yet! My milk teeth have also not fallen yet (winks). I think we should not give deadlines to marriage. Jab pyaar hota hai toh shaadi hogi, jab shaadi hogi toh fir bachche honge (When one falls in love, marriage will happen and so will kids). So I think everything is a natural progression. This is I think Ayan’s (Director of YJHD) teaching to me. When I got to know him four years back, I was in a hurry to get married and have children and he used to tell me to relax. He’d tell me ‘you’re just starting out your career. Meet people, live your life a bit and then get married.’ And because I listen to him so much, I am also saying this dialogue in the film. I don’t know if it’s the right thinking or not. Agar chaar saal baad bache nahi hue mere toh main isko pakdunga! (If after four years, I don’t have kids, I’ll catch hold of him). Until now, things are all going fine…
Your character is called Bunny. And even in your other films, you’ve never had the typical ‘hero-like’ names… there was Jordan, Barfi and now Bunny… Do you think it makes the character distinct?
The directors and writers think of the name for my character. I don’t interfere and say I want something like Barfi, and then Ladoo and then Jhandubaam etc (smiles). But I think I am lucky. Names like these, which are a little quirky stay with you and the fact that you can recall my name is good. Bunny is nice too. It’s a cute name. Perhaps Ayan thinks that my teeth look like Bugs Bunny’s teeth. I have nothing to do with this.
This is your second film with Deepika Padukone and during Bachna Ae Haseeno you two were dating. Were there any awkward moments during the shoot of Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani? Did you notice any changes in her as an actor?
Not at all! When Deepika and I worked together about four years back, it was our second film. We were very new and were still finding ourselves as actors. Today when I work with Deepika, I am really amazed and can proudly say that she’s fantastic in the film. I’ve seen her grow as an actor with her experience and her intelligence. It’s amazing to work with co-stars like her because it only makes your job easier. When you have such a pretty actress with such a pretty smile, you automatically can act like you’re in love. It’s not hard to act being in love with her. And I don’t think there was any awkwardness. We both were really passionate about this film and we both are really nervous for Ayan. He’s a friend and he’s worked so hard on this film so we thought we should just bring out the best of our talent in the movie. And well, we’ll blame it on Ayan if it doesn’t work (winks).
You must be very hopeful of Deepika and you being able to mesmerise the audience one more time like you guys did in Bachna Ae Haseeno…
The right answer is that the chemistry of two characters depends on how the characters are written, on the scenes in the film and what they share. What Deepika and I can bring is hardwork and honesty to the script. And, well, Deepika and I share a great chemistry, biology and physics and hopefully that translates on screen (smiles). So when you see it, you guys will feel the love because the simple philosophy of this film is that asli khushi vo hoti hai jo batai ja sake (Real happiness is that which can be expressed). The film is about friendship, love and about growing up. It’s about all the things that all of us somewhere have seen in our lives.
Is it easier to act a role like you have in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani after doing tough roles like in Barfi and Rockstar?
I think those films are far easier than a Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani because in those films you have a character and you know how he talks and walks and what kind of clothes he wears. But when you play urban characters like in YJHD, it somewhere reflects your own personality. It’s very hard to actually bring that character on screen because you have to be real, be yourself and you have to be spontaneous. You don’t have any crutches for support. I think YJHD has been a really hard character for me…I still haven’t understood that character; only Ayan has. But I enjoyed myself. You know, sometimes it’s good to break away and play characters like this.
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