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Anil Kapoor: Before Animal, Anil wanted to play the role of Ranbir's father in this film, but due to this the wish remained unfulfilled.
Recently, ranbir kapoor revealed that anil kapoor had expressed his desire to play the role of Ranbir's father in the film when the actor made his bollywood debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Saawariya'.
Ranbir Kapoor's film 'Animal' made a lot of headlines for its box-office success, but the film also created some controversies for glorifying violence. The father-son duo of anil kapoor and ranbir kapoor in the film won a lot of appreciation from the audience. Now recently, ranbir kapoor revealed that anil kapoor had expressed his desire to play the role of Ranbir's father in the film when the actor made his bollywood debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film 'Saawariya'.
Anil Kapoor was aspiring to play the role of Ranbir's father in Saawariya.
Recently, in an interview, Ranbir recalled the early days of his career and said, "When Sonam and I were doing Saawariya. I would often go to Sonam's house for rehearsals and we were working with roshan Taneja. At that time Anil sir had told me, 'I never play a father, but I will play your father.' I remember when he was doing 'Dil Dhadakne Do', he used to talk to me a lot.
The actors agreed to do films because Ranbir
In the same conversation, anil kapoor revealed the reason behind his decision to play the role of a father in Zoya Akhtar's film dil Dhadakne Do. He revealed that he agreed to the film because Ranbir was first willing to play his son's role. However, this role later went to Ranveer Singh. anil kapoor said, "When I said yes to the film (Dil Dhadakne Do), you were doing it."
The actor shared his experience
Ranbir further said, "He used to live in this dilemma that 'should I do this or not?' I remember when the promo came, 90 percent of the audience said that he does not look like a father, he looks like an elder brother. That's because he has kept himself that way."