Aditya Chopra talks about ‘Befikre’ and why he couldn’t think of anyone other than Ranveer Singh to play the role of Dharam. He also talks about why he saw a Shah Rukh Khan in his new leading man:
Dharam (character played by Ranveer Singh) is someone who I wish I could be, but I was never carefree enough to be. Dharam is a man who will remain a boy all his life. For Dharam college never ended, the party never stopped. He is so happy being himself and making everyone around him happy that it literally becomes his job for life. If this is the character then there cannot be any other actor but Ranveer Singh. Ranveer is Dharam, Dharam is Ranveer. Even before I knew that I’m going to direct this film, I was writing it for Ranveer. He was actually the leading man of Befikre even before I was the director of the film.
Now, I have directed only 1 leading man all my life, Mr. Shah Rukh Khan. And any director who has worked with Shah Rukh knows that he is a very bad habit that you just cannot get over. He just makes your job so easy that you actually can’t think of making a film with anyone else ever. But before doing our next film together, I had to do this one film without him and I was really scared. I was scared because I truly believe that in all the films that we have done together Shah Rukh is the reason I came out looking good, so am I going to be exposed now?
It would have been unfair to put this pressure on Ranveer or for me to take this pressure myself, so I just didn’t think of it and dived into this film as a new adventure with a new leading man. But the strangest thing happened. From the very first day that I directed Ranveer, he was Shah Rukh for me. The same energy, the same brilliance, the same intellect. I knew I was in safe hands. It’s not that Ranveer acts like Shah Rukh or his process is like him, it’s just that the way Shah Rukh used to better my work and cover my flaws, Ranveer did the same for me. I know that for Ranveer its a very big deal to be directed by me but honestly, I would not have made Befikre if an actor called Ranveer Singh did not exist.
– Aditya Chopra
wtf…..is he really comparing a legend with this new piece of shit. They will do anything for money and success even degrading a 20 years of friendship like this.
Being a SRKian I agree with Adi. Ranveer reflects the brilliance and energy which SRK showed in his earlier years.
Frankly speaking, only two actors who can carry forward the charisma of Khans are Varun and Ranbir, I am not talking about good or bad actors. SSR and RS are bloody brilliant actors but content dependent.
Ranveer is already a better actor than Pluto Boy
FACT
Adi offered the part of Ranveers on screen dadajis role to Pluto Boy but the Phanka Salesman was already busy with being Alias dadaji in Sear Dadaji…!
Adi n YRF juggernaut bankrolled Pluto Boys early successes in Btown but now without YRFs huge backing he isgiving back to back flops…!
Without YRF Pluto Boy is a dwarf star /glorified comet just like the former planet Pluto…!
Even before the film releases, Adi u have started to give reasons that ur film may fail…. Hahahaha all of us knows itz a sure shot disaster
Ranveer Singh must be really awesome for his directors to keep sticking to him and praising him big time. Let’s not take the guy’s excessive energy and use it against him. He is a fabulous actor, period. Hate him or love him.
SRK my foot