Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
ANIL KAPOOR: I THOUGHT I WAS TOO OLD FOR A LOVE STORY 24 YEARS AGO!

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor says that he thought he was too old for a love story 24 years ago. Anil Kapoor’s daughter Sonam Kapoor has been roped for the Shelly Chopra’s next directorial debut. On Thursday, director Shelly announces the name of her upcoming movie titled ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga’, which has been borrowed from brother Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 1994 movie with a title ‘1942: A Love Story’, which features Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, and Jackie Shroff in the lead.

According to the reports, Anil Kapoor will be all set to reunite with Vinod with whom he also did a movie Parinda in  1989. Now almost after 25 years, the actor has finally revealed that there was a song that has actually convinced him to give the nod to Pre-Partition love. About this Anil Kapoor says that it is very difficult for him to believe that after 23 years ago that he was interested in doing the movie 1942because he felt that he was too old to do a love story. Both Vinod and his brother actually convinced that he can do the role. Anil says that he has even recommended Bobby Deol because he was on the verge of being launched for the role along with actor Aamir Khan.

Then both the brothers came up with the idea to convince him to play the role in the movie. He made him listen to RD Burman’s song which has already been recorded. Then they played the songs ‘Kuch Na Kaho’ and ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aaisa Laga’ and after listening to the songs he was wowed. He could not let anyone else sing that beautiful song and he strictly told them that this movie he will only do it and he convinced that whatever it will be he will do it. He said that he will be remembered through the songs if he will not know for his work in this movie.

Anils says that this is the very first time he will work along with his daughter Sonam Kapoor in a movie. However, Anil said that his daughter never wanted to work with him but it is due to the script that somewhere resonated with both of them. Anil says that he is in touch with Vinod and one day he came up to him with the script from Mission Kashmir to the present one and he screens the movie for him as well before it actually got released and he even spoke about his movie. Raju approached Sonam when she was shooting along with him recently.

Anil says that his daughter has come into her own as an actress. He feels that Sonam is very spontaneous, instinctive and she is very modern in her approach to work and that is the reason there is the freshness in her work and that is the one thing that connects her to the audience and they are no longer want to see actors on screen but something real and natural.

However, he will start to shoot for the movie early next year and moreover, he refuses to give any details related to the movie and he did not confirm that this movie will be related to the father and daughter story. When asked from the actor Anil Kapoor that with this movie he and Vinod will create a hattrick? Anil said that he can just hope for the best.

On the work front, Anil Kapoor will also be seen in the movie titled ‘Fanney Khan‘ which is directed by Atul Manjrekar and produced by Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra, KriArj Entertainment, and T-Series. According to the reports, the movie will arrive in cinemas in April next year. The movie features Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Rajkummar Rao in the lead.