Sing Along

Kapoor’s not been on a film set for over two months after a marathon two-month schedule in the USA for Siddharth Anand’s Anjaana Anjaani. He utilised this time out to promote Raajneeti— his first multi-starrer. Looking back,Kapoor says that it was an instinctive decision to act in the Prakash Jha film. “I liked the world of Raajneeti. I organically crafted the character of Samar after going through the script. I knew I had to do the film the moment I heard the story,” he says.

That’s pretty much the way he approaches all his films. “I decide at the end of the narration; if the story has hooked me and if the world the story is set in appeals to me,then I instantly say yes. If you wait,then unnecessary doubts start to cloud your thinking,” he says.

Now Kapoor has taken another instinctive decision to act in the Kishore Kumar biopic. He is in love with the script which is being helmed by Anurag Basu. The actor understands the challenge ahead of him. “Through this film we’ll be celebrating his life,his madness,his passion and his work. But we want to do it with dignity. We have to be very careful because we are talking about the country’s biggest music legend. It’ll be more of a challenge for me as I have no musical talent whatsoever,” he says,listing Khaike Paan Benaras Waala,Ek haseena thi and Mera jeevan kora kaagaz as his favourite Kishore Kumar numbers.