Ranbir Kapoor refuses remakes of his father Rishi Kapoor’s films – Times of India

Ranbir Kapoor is a star-actor with rigid, unshakeable ideas. He has resolved not to do multi-starrers, only solo-hero films. And this principle applies to even Dharma Productions where Ranbir said a firm no to even Karan Johar. There’s another ‘won’t do’ on Ranbir’s list. He won’t follow the current fad of doing remakes of old hits.

In fact, a friend reveals one reason Ranbir fell out with his childhood buddy filmmaker Siddharth Anand was the latter’s insistence on doing a remake of the flop Tom Cruise actioner Knight & Day. Says a source, “Even after the miserable box office performance of their film together Anjaana Anjaani, Ranbir was ready to work with Siddharth Anand again. However, Ranbir was dead against doing a remake, and that too of a flop Hollywood film.”

No matter what its origin, Ranbir refuses every remake that comes his way, and that includes offers of his Dad’s films. Apparently at one point long before Brahmastra, Ranbir’s buddy Ayan Mukerji wanted to do a remake of Khel Khel Mein with Ranbir and Katrina Kaif after shooting Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.


However, Ranbir shot down the idea. No matter what, Ranbir won’t do remakes. He will specially not do his father’s films because he wants no comparisons with his dad. It may be noted here that Ranbir has been offered many number of remakes.