17 December,2009 07:49 AM IST | | Subhash K Jha
Father-son duo Ranbir and Rishi Kapoor will only be seen together in a film that Ranbir will direct late next year. Not only does the young actor want to create roles that would do justice to both his father and him, Ranbir also wants to ensure that the pair is presented in the best way possible.
Ironically, the two almost came together in roles that cast them in mutual conflict. If all had gone well, Rishi and Ranbir Kapoor would have come together for the first time in Shimit Amin's Rocket Singh, though not as father and son. Everyone at Yash Raj Films was keen that Rishi play Ranbir's scheming boss, (eventually played by the lesser-known Manish Choudhary).
Reveals a source, "The Yash Raj team was all for casting Rishi as Ranbir's boss. Only Adi thought audiences would not accept Rishi Kapoor as a negative boss to his own son. We had to relent."
Kapoor Sr confirms, "I was told everyone at Yash Raj wanted me to play the role. They finally decided otherwise." Also, Rishi is all praise for the actor who replaces him in the film. "Manish is the discovery of the year."
