Son’s Fond Memories: When Rishi Kapoor ‘Kept Fighting’ With Ranbir

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Mumbai: Ranbir Kapoor missed father Rishi ‘terribly’ at the motion poster launch of his film ‘Brahmastra’.

An emotional Ranbir remembered how his late father would fight with him and director Ayan Mukerji, asking numerous questions.

Speaking to fans and press at the event, Ranbir Kapoor said he missed Rishi on the special occasion. He then added that Rishi would fight with Ranbir and film’s director Ayan Mukerji over the film, asking them numerous questions.

“I miss my father terribly today. I remember during the making of this film, during these last how many ever years, he kept fighting with Ayan and me and kept questioning us, ‘What are you doing?’ ‘Who takes so long to make a film?’ ‘Who spends so much money?’ ‘Ranbir you’re not making one penny on this film’. ‘VFX film kaun dekhega, India mein koi VFX film nahi dekhta (Who watches VFX in India? No one will watch a film made with VFX)’,” Ranbir recalled.

Brahmastra, a much-awaited big-budget fantasy adventure, has been in the making for six-seven years, and will finally be released in 2022.

Ranbir, whose first look as Shiva in Brahmastra was released at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday, said he believed Rishi was around somewhere.

“I believe he’s here somewhere… I hope he’s proud, I hope he’s smiling. And just to pay a small tribute to him, if you guys know it, please join me,” he said. He then revisited some iconic lines from Rishi’s superhit film Karz.

“Kya tumne kabhi kisi se pyaar kiya, kabhi kisi ko dil diya, maine bhi diya (Have you fallen in love with someone, given your heart away to them? I have too),” Ranbir said, blowing a kiss at the sky.

Rishi died on April 30, 2020, after battling with leukaemia for two years.