Ranbir Kapoor over the last year or so and you’ll note a marked difference in man. He’s not as cagey as he used to be, when you ask him the people close to him. Of the course, he’s far more open to talking about upcoming films and roles, but he’s now also game to the tackling controversial questions he once shied away from. Here, he gets candid about the Kat you don’t see, wanting to wear his underwear over his pants in Ayan’s superhero film, being in the dark about Deepika’s depression and saying no to Dil Dhadakne Do. Excerpts…
On Katrina Kaif
Katrina is actually a badmaash on set. She isn’t what she comes across as. She constantly needles you, constantly challenges you…. there is always a sense of takkar that she gives you. She inspires you. It’s wonderful working with her. She is not a pseudo-intellectual, she understands cinema and understands how it works from an outsider’s perspective, better than anyone I have met. The opinions of people close to me are important — my parents, Katrina, Ayan, the other directors I have worked with, like Anurag Basu, Imtiaz Ali and Anurag Kashyap. I am pretty close to Karan and my friend Rohit Dhawan. These people’s opinions matter because there is no sense of them being my ‘yes people’. They have a very strong opinion of good and bad, right and wrong and I value that. I will always value that. Katrina is my critic. Of course and vehemently. If she doesn’t like something, she’ll rub it in my face. If she likes something, she will just pass one snide comment. She is not good with compliments, she loves to criticise.
