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Akshay Kumar did it in Nikhil Advani’s Chandni Chowk to China.Now, Ranbir Kapoor plays a Sardarji in Shimit Amin’s next film for Yash Raj. The role play is that of a young Sikh who goes through a series of incredibly bitter-sweet incidents, which eventually leads to an explosive state of self-realisation.

Says a source, “Everyone presumed that after the stupendous success of Chak De India and given the fact that both Shah Rukh and Shimit knew each other long before the film, the pair would team up again for the next venture. However, certain important sections at Yash Raj gave the thumbs down to Shah Rukh, as they felt he would not look convincing as a Sardarji. They instead insisted on a younger actor (as the character is starting out in life) who’s also a Punjabi, for authenticity.”

Recently, when Ranbir checked out his new look with the turban, the result, according to insiders, was spectacular. “Even Shimit is now convinced that Kapoor is the right choice to play the part,” reveals the source further.

Ranbir, who’s shooting in Europe for Yash Raj Films’ Bachna Ae Haseenon is tightlipped about the project. But he subtly admits, “I’m famished for varied roles. I’m willing to play anything from an extra-terrestrial (in the Pepsi ad) to a psycho. In fact I’d love to play a serial killer,” confesses he, as shares his appetite for ‘different’ roles.

At the shoot of Dilli 6

Kareena Kapoor is all set to feature in an RK banner film. After much deliberation the Kapoor brothers - Randhir, Rishi and Rajiv - are ready to work on a youthful breezy romantic comedy early next year. The script has been finalised and the screenplay is in its final stages. Confirming the news, papa Randhir Kapoor says, “I’m making a film with Kareena. It’s going to be a youthful romantic film, and it should start in a few months from now.”

Ask him for details and he says, “We are going to make a formal announcement at the right time. All I can say is that the project featuring Bebo is underway.” We are no strangers to the fact that the Kapoor brothers have been working on scripts for the longest time. Their last production was Aa Ab Laut Chalen starring Akshaye Khanna and Aishwarya Rai, which had released in 1999.

Those in the know reveal that another film starring Ranbir Kapoor will hit the floors alongside. Randhir Kapoor says, “The Kapoor family is with Ranbir’s debut. We are making a film with Ranbir too. Both the films are set to start at the same time next year.”

News has it that elder daughter Karishma Kapoor intends to make a comeback. The actress, who shuttles between Mumbai and Delhi, has been reading up scripts. However, papa Randhir rules out any such possibility. He says, “I don’t think so.”

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For a debutant so closely guarded by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ranbir Kapoor hardly comes across as the bashful and shy types. Quite the contrary, the newest Kapoor on the block has absolutely no inhibitions when it comes to films — which are already an all-consuming passion for him.

In ‘Saanwariya’ the young man has done a scene in which he’s offfered more a peek of his bare backside, but to his credit, he’s quite cool about it.

“Yes, I have bared my butt in the film, and it’s for a song. I was not all embarrassed to do it at all. I would do anything at all for cinema. There are no inhibitions involved. I may be a very shy person otherwise, but once in front of the camera, I can open up. I hope people enjoy watching the scene,” he says.

Dressed in a casual shirt and jeans, lounging on his massive couch, and sipping a chocolate milkshake, Ranbir Kapoor gives no sign of the tumult in his mind. But with less than a month to go before he bares his soul in his debut film ‘Saawariya’ (director Sanjay Leela Bhansali), it seems that ‘star son’, and ‘has it all’ are phrases that are beginning to bother him seriously.

Ranbir Kapoor tells CT that he will never get stuck in a lover-boy image

Your entry into films…
Was inevitable. It was a lot like an unspoken truth. I think this is what happens when you grow up in an environment that eats, sleeps and talks cinema. Ever since I learnt how to walk and babble, I’ve always wanted to do see myself up there on the marquee.

Ranbir Kapoor, Imad Shah and Neil Nitin Mukesh — debut vehicles that dare to defy categorization…
Isn’t that brilliant? Neil and I have been brothers-in-arms since childhood; I have loved his performance in Johnny Gaddaar. As for Imad, I haven’t seen Dil Dosti etc but I am sure with his genes, he’ll not trip up. Can we not parcel out cinema as parallel or mainstream? Good cinema is good cinema without fretting over which section to classify it as.

A lover-boy image like your father…
Is not what I’m getting stuck in. I think it’s too early for me to decide which films I’ll be comfortable with since I haven’t the time or inclination to sit and introspect.

After Saawariya…
I see myself doing films that have a strong storyline base. I’m too new to my job to have the gall to decide what ‘my type’ of cinema is. I have just begun my career and I’d like to work my way up and have my work to speak for itself.

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