Anil Kapoor: I feel Harshvardhan is still naive

With Sonam Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor doing well on personal as well as the professional front, Anil Kapoor is indeed a proud father! While he thinks that Harsh is striving to make himself a place in the industry, at the same time he is also concerned about his son.

In a recent interview with a leading magazine, talking about Harsh's film choices, Anil said, "I feel Harsh is still naive. For example, he’ll say no to very big filmmakers. I hope they understand that he really wants to work with them and means well, but he’s not ready to do those films. I wish he’d at least spoken to me before… But it’s fine… That’s his decision."

Adding onto it, Anil continued, "I was very rigid too. My second film was with Mani Ratnam. I was constantly meeting Shyam Benegal and Mrinal Sen. But there came a time when nobody cast me. I was desperate. Harsh is fortunate in that for his first two films he got to work with Rakeysh [Omprakash Mehra] and Vikramaditya [Motwane]. I would’ve loved to do my first two films with them. But I was in different economic strata and financial situation. So I had to make a few decisions that I didn’t necessarily want to."

When Harsh was questioned about the kind of work he aspires to do, the young actor quipped, "I don’t have to make ample amounts of money, and my films don’t have to make ₹200 crore. I’m really not interested in that. If it happens, that’s phenomenal. I’m just happy to have worked with two of the biggest directors around, and I don’t think you can put a price on that. I’m very clear about what I want. When people see my next film 'Bhavesh Joshi', I hope they like it. But the intention is to make a vigilante action film set in Bombay that you’ve never seen before."

Well, we just can't wait to see Anil Kapoor and Harsh translate their off-screen camaraderie on screen!

























CREDITS: GQ MAGAZINE