Is Ranbir Kapoor upset with father Rishi Kapoor's rant against Anurag Basu?

Ranbir Kapoor's pet project and first production venture, 'Jagga Jasoos', which was four years in making, has failed to take off at the box-office. While Ranbir has maintained a stoic silence and dived into shooting for Rajkumar Hirani's the Sanjay Dutt biopic, father Rishi Kapoor in a recent interview bashed director Anurag Basu.

Kapoor senior in an interview said, "Neetu and I saw the film on Thursday, only a day ahead of the release. Till Wednesday, Anurag Basu was still mixing the film. Can you imagine that? Pritam probably delivered the music only a week before. What can you say? You don’t take an opinion from anybody. Today’s filmmakers are doing this with everybody. They don’t show their films before release to take opinions and treat it as though they’re making a nuclear bomb. I didn’t hate or love the film. I only felt it needed to be abridged by 20 minutes. But who is going to give that opinion to them?"

The senior actor further explained, "There is somebody else’s money involved in this. I trusted you, and this is what you give us? Ranbir hasn’t held back on spending money on it. You even threw Govinda out of the film. If you don’t want Govinda to work in your film, why did you ask him in the first place? Iss sab mein Ranbir ka naam toh kharaab hoga, aur kya? Mera kharaab hoga!"

However, a source close to the family suggests that Ranbir was not aware of the interview till it was published and is extremely upset with his father and the interview. The source said, "Ranbir was not wanting another controversy and not when the film has failed to perform at the box office. His father’s comments will only bring more focus on the film’s failure. This episode might cause more damage to their already strained relationship."


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