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This is an archive article published on August 11, 2010

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His first film,Aryan,bombed at the box office but filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor went on to make Rock On!! — whose success skyrocketed him into the Young Filmmakers Inc.

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His first film,Aryan,bombed at the box office but filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor went on to make Rock On!! — whose success skyrocketed him into the Young Filmmakers Inc. Ever since,fans and critics have been waiting for him to get behind the camera again but Kapoor,37,seems to be taking his time about it. Sitting back in a restaurant in Mumbai,Kapoor explains his absence: “I struggled a lot before Rock On!!. When it did well,I wanted to soak in the feeling.”

But the holiday is over and the director is now ready to begin work on his next film. “I have adapted Chetan Bhagat’s 3 Mistakes of My Life into a script for Excel Entertainment. It is in the casting stages now. We should start shooting by end of this year,” he says.

What’s keeping Kapoor busy at the moment is also his jaunt with Khatron Ke Khiladi 3,where he is one of the 13 contestants. “I had a little free time in hand,so I decided to take it up,” he confirms. “But I am really looking forward to having a great time in Brazil. And the rest of the guys are really good. I haven’t ever in my life done any adventure sports or stunts. It is going to be an entirely new experience for me.”

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While most contestants of such reality shows take part to overcome their fears,the filmmaker says he wants to figure out what his fears are during the course of the show. “Unless you stand on the parapet of the 30th floor and try to jump,you won’t know if you are afraid of doing so,” he says. “I want to win this one.”

He also has plans to work with other production houses and eventually set up one of his own. “Farhan (Akhtar,the lead in Rock On!!) and I have a good understanding. He doesn’t mind me working with other producers,” he affirms.

A film buff,Kapoor also has plans of making a comedy film. But first of all comes the screen adaptation of 3 Mistakes.

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