The Kapoor Revival

Raj Kapoor must be turning over in his grave. The reason is none other than his grandson’s plans. After Saawariya and Bachna Ae Haseeno, the latest horror we have to put up with is the probability of Ranbir directing and acting in a film. He plans to revive Raj Kapoor’s company and promises to bring “a smile to a face, a tear to the eye” with his obscene vision. Anyone with half a brain will have a tear in his eye watching this open casket funeral of an idea unfold into cinema.

As if patronising gramps wasn’t enough, Ranbir also claims that comparisons with his dad are unavoidable, since he’s his favourite actor. So some similarities are bound to be there. But there’s one difference that only a true artist like Ranbir could point out. They don’t dance the same. There you have it. And with that, I can only hope this Archie’s card family-moment that Ranbir seems to be experiencing comes to an end. The next in line is Neetu Singh. That won’t be pretty.

Meanwhile, his acting career seems to taking off. He’s just signed Ayaan Mukherjee’s Wake Up Sid in which he will be acting across Konkana Sen. With a number of other films in his kitty and his big plans of restoring Raj Kapoor style cinema, there seems to be no escaping this Kapoor kid.