Tuesday,
June
20,
2006
New
Delhi
(UNI):
He
is
among
the
few
actors
in
the
industry
who
have
essayed
roles
in
'larger-than-life'
films
of
the
70s
and
80s
as
well
as
'real-life'
cinema
of
the
new
millennium
with
equal
ease.
Whether
playing
larger-than-life
roles
in
Mr
India,
Tezaab,
Joshilay,
Beta,
Meri
Jung
and
Rajkumar
or
'realistic
roles'
in
Pukar,
Nayak,
Mashaal,
Eeshwar,
Viraasat,
Hum
Aapke
Dil
Mein
Rehte
Hain
and
Calcutta
Mail,
Bollywood
actor
Anil
Kapoor
has
excelled
in
both.
However,
contrary
to
the
general
view
in
film
circles
that
essaying
real-life
roles
is
more
difficult
compared
to
doing
the
'larger-than-life'
portrayals
in
films
of
the
70s,
Anil
believes
that
'unrealistic'
roles
of
the
films
in
the
70s
were
far
more
tougher
to
enact
compared
to
the
real-life
roles
of
today.
''I
feel
that
doing
larger-than-life
roles,
as
characterised
by
the
films
of
the
70s
was
far
more
difficult
compared
to
essaying
the
real-life
roles
of
today.
Making
something
'unreal'
look
credible
on
screen
is,
in
my
opinion,
far
more
difficult
than
portraying
characters
drawn
from
real
life,''Anil
Kapoor
told
UNI
in
an
interview
here.
At
the
same
time,
Anil
Kapoor
said
doing
roles
in
the
'new
age'
films
in
the
New
millennium
like
Calcutta
Mail,
Chocolate,
Darna
Zaroori
Hai,
his
first
film
with
Ram
Gopal
Verma,
as
well
as
the
forthcoming
Salaam-e-Ishq
also
gave
him
a
high
by
challenging
the
actor
in
him.
Today,
as
Anil
Kapoor
looks
back
on
his
more
than
three
decade-long
film
career,
he
seems
more
than
satisfied
with
what
he
has
done.
''Looking
back
at
my
career,
I
can
say
that
the
journey
from
'Woh
Saat
Din'
in
the
70s
to
Darna
Zaroori
Hai
this
year
has
been
fantastic.
I
have
done
a
wide
variety
of
roles
during
the
more
than
three
decades
since
Woh
Saat
Din,''he
said.
''Today
I
can
truly
say
that
I
put
my
heart
and
soul
in
all
the
roles
I
was
offered
whether
it
was
a
small
budget
or
a
big
budget
film,
a
solo-hero
film
or
a
multi-starrer,''said
Anil,
who
last
month
embarked
on
a
new
role,
as
an
ambassador
for
Plan
India
for
its
campaign
to
promote
Universal
Birth
Registration.
Infact,
Anil
felt
that
at
this
juncture,
there
was
no
role
that
had
been
left
undone.
''I
can
say
with
satisfaction
that
I
have
done
all
the
roles
that
an
actor
would
ever
want
to
do
during
his
career,''
he
said.
If
at
all
there
was
a
wish
that
remains
unfulfilled,
it
was
to
work
with
a
filmmaker
like
Govind
Nihalani
who
has
made
thought-provoking
films
like
Tamas.
''Working
with
Govindji,
who
initiated
me
into
the
campaign
to
promote
UBR,
the
first
social
campaign
I
have
publicly
endorsed,
is
a
dream
that
still
remains
unfulfilled.
God
(and
Govindji)
willing,
that
desire
will
hopefully
come
true
in
the
near
future''
Anil
said.
Asked
about
daughter
Sonam's
foray
in
Bollywood
with
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
Saanwariya,
which
also
stars
Rishi
Kapoor's
son
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Anil
said,''Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
is
a
brilliant
filmmaker
who
has
the
ability
to
extract
the
best
out
of
his
actors.
I
am
sure
Saanwariya
will
be
a
learning
experience
for
Sonam.''
''She
still
has
a
long
way
to
go.
I
have
cautioned
her
that
the
road
to
stardom
is
tough
and
the
going
will
not
be
easy,''
he
added
at
the
same
time.