Imtiaz Ali, Irshad Kamil’s contribution immense in my career: Ranbir Kapoor

February 8, 2015

New Delhi, Feb 8: Ranbir Kapoor says director Imtiaz Ali and lyricist Irshad Kamil, with whom he worked in 2011 hit ‘Rockstar’, have contributed a lot to his success in Bollywood.

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The 32-year-old actor was lavishly praised by fans and critics for his intense performance of a college student, whose turbulent love story turns him into a rockstar in the romantic saga.

Ranbir is again collaborating with the duo in his upcoming movie ‘Tamasha’, which also stars his ‘Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani’ co-star Deepika Padukone.

“Their contribution to the film industry is well known and to my career it has been immense. I cherish working with Imtiaz. He and Irshad are responsible for what I have achieved in Bollywood with ‘Rockstar’.

“I have worked with Irshad in two other films, besides ‘Rockstar’ so I have a deep association with him. When I heard the songs of ‘Rockstar’, especially ‘Jo Bhi Mai…’, it gives you a sense of the gaps you feel as an actor, that you know are hard to fill in through a performance, Irshad fills those with his words and it makes your character more believable,” he said.

The ‘Barfi!’ star, who along with Imtiaz released Irshad’s new book of poems here, said he finds poetry difficult to comprehend but is learning from the lyricist on the sets of ‘Tamasha’.

“Poetry is something you need to understand. You can read it but there are many deep meanings behind the words written in it. Working with Imtiaz and especially on ‘Tamasha’, which has a lot to do with story-telling and poetry, I’ve got to understand it. I’ve spent a lot time with Irshad and A R Rahman in the recordings,” he said.

The actor has always maintained he would love to venture into direction sometime in future but does not think himself capable enough to take up writing.

“Writing requires certain kind of skills, which I don’t think I have. I think I can’t write, just like I can’t take to singing,” he said.

Ranbir said he likes having stress in his life as he feels anxiety keeps an actor on his toes always, which is important for one’s performance.

“I think stress and anxiety are important. Without them, one tends to remain content, which limits the performance,” the actor said.

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January 7,2020

Mumbai, Jan 7: Actor Anil Kapoor, who next will be seen onscreen in Malang, revealed that he always tells superstar Aamir Khan not to stop working with filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani.

Kapoor was interacting with the media at the trailer launch of Malang along with his co-actors Adtiya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani, Elli AvRam, film's director Mohit Suri and producers Luv Ranjan, Bhushan Kumar, Ankur Garg and Jay Shewakraman on Monday in Mumbai.

Anil Kapoor has worked with many directors and producers in his 40-year acting career.

Talking about camp culture in the Hindi film industry and praising makers of Malang, Kapoor said, "I feel we need producers like Ankur (Garg) and Luv (Ranjan). I have told Mohit (Suri) to continue doing films with them. I always tell Aamir Khan by calling him on the phone to say that you should not leave Raju Hirani (Rajkumar Hirani). Whenever I see films of both of them, I tell Aamir not to leave him."

He continued, "I feel whenever you make a good team then you should hold on to it. Team is very important and there are certain stars that come together to make something interesting and exciting."

Kapoor gave an example of Hollywood actors and filmmakers while backing his viewpoint.

"If you see Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio they do so many films together. They can work with others, too, but they keep working with each other. There is some magic, obviously. You have to go with the casting but somewhere I feel teams should stand by each other," the actor added.

Malang stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani, Anil Kapoor and Kunal Khemu in lead roles. It is scheduled to release on February 7.

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March 5,2020

Bihar, Mar 5: A complaint has been filed before a court in Bihar against lyricist Javed Akhtar over his remarks on the FIRs being registered against expelled AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the wake of Delhi riots.

The complaint was lodged on Wednesday by Amit Kumar, a local advocate, before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Thakur Aman Kumar.

On the basis of a newspaper report, the complainant has alleged that Akhtar's remarks were seditious and promoted religious hatred.

The media report was based on Akhtar's tweet of February 27 that "So many killed, so many injured, so many houses burned, so many shops looted so many people turned destitute but police has sealed only one house and looking for his owner. Incidentally, his name is Tahir. Hats off to the consistency of the Delhi police."

The violence in northeast Delhi claimed at least 42 lives and left over 200 injured. The former Rajya Sabha member was heavily trolled for the tweet.

In a subsequent tweet, Akhtar who asserted that he is a non-believer and a rationalist, had clarified that he was not asking "why Tahir but why ONLY Tahir and not even an FIR against those who have openly threatened violence in the presence of the police".

The matter is likely to come up for hearing on March 25.

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April 30,2020

Mumbai, Apr 29: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor is not keeping well and has been admitted to a city hospital here, his elder brother Randhir Kapoor said.

The 67-year-old actor was taken to H N Reliance hospital by his family on Wednesday morning.

"He is in the hospital. He is suffering from cancer and he has some breathing problem, so he has been admitted to the hospital. He is stable now," Randhir told PTI.

The actor returned to India last September after undergoing treatment for cancer in the US for almost a year.

In February, Kapoor was hospitalised twice due to his health issues.

He was first admitted to a hospital in Delhi where he was attending a family function. At the time, Kapoor had said that he was suffering from an "infection".

After his return to Mumbai, he was again admitted to a hospital with viral fever. He was discharged soon after.

Kapoor, who has been quite active on social media, hasn't posted anything on his Twitter account since April 2.

The actor recently announced his next project, a remake of Hollywood film "The Intern", also featuring Deepika Padukone.

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