“Deepika has a sense of silent perception”- Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali says that as a filmmaker he did not cast Kareena Kapoor after Jab We Met in Love Aaj Kal though Saif Ali Khan has produced the film because he did not want to spoil his film by casting the wrong actress even though he is Kareena"s favorite director
Is
Love
Aaj
Kal
your
favorite
or
Jab
We
Met?
It
is
quite
difficult
to
say
as
a
film
maker
which
film
of
yours
you
like
better.
I
cannot
say
whether
I
like
Love
Aaj
Kal
better
than
Jab
We
Met,
because
you
become
very
subjective
when
you
set
out
to
make
a
film
and
you
just
cannot
be
a
critic.
Al
that
I
can
say
is
that
I
try
to
make
a
film
as
well
as
I
can.
How
was
Saif
as
a
producer?
For
me,
Saif
was
not
a
producer
but
just
an
actor
in
my
film.
Though
he
was
just
an
actor
on
the
sets
when
the
film
was
being
made,
he
came
in
with
his
intelligence,
common
sense
and
creative
ideas
during
the
post
production
and
publicity
of
the
film.
What
is
the
reason
that
your
films
tend
to
be
realistic
though
they
are
commercial
by
nature?
The
reason
you
will
be
able
to
soak
in
reality
in
my
films
is
that
I
had
grown
up
in
a
very
middle
class
family
and
have
spent
my
growing
years
in
smaller
cities,
because
my
dad
was
in
a
transferable
job.
I
came
from
Delhi
to
Mumbai.
Movies
that
I
make
will
always
reflect
what
I
have
gone
through
in
my
life
Kareena
is
upset
that
though
you
are
her
favorite
director,
you
have
cast
Deepika
in
Love
Aaj
Kal
and
not
her!
I
am
happy
to
hear
that
Kareena
Kapoor
thinks
very
highly
of
me.
She
is
my
favorite
actress
too.
The
reason
I
did
not
cast
her
in
Love
Aaj
Kal
because
I
am
of
the
opinion
that
just
for
the
sake
of
working
with
your
favorite
actress,
you
should
not
make
a
mistake
and
spoil
the
film,
if
you
feel
as
the
director
that
an
actress
does
not
suit
a
particular
role.
Do
you
feel
Deepika
suits
her
role
in
Love
Aaj
Kal
better
than
Kareena?
Like
Kareena
suited
the
role
of
Geet
in
Jab
We
Met,
I
feel
Deepika
Padukone
suits
the
role
of
Meera
in
Love
Aaj
Kal
to
the
T.
What
do
you
like
the
best
about
Deepika?
Deepika
has
a
sense
of
silent
perception,
a
certain
quality
and
nature
which
suits
the
character
of
Meera
that
she
is
playing
in
Love
Aaj
Kal.
You
seem
to
prefer
to
make
every
film
of
yours
on
love.
Why?
Love
is
something
that
I
do
not
understand
at
all,
though
it
is
ironical
that
all
the
three
films
that
I
have
made
till
date-Socha
Na
Tha,
Jab
We
Met
and
now
Love
Aaj
Kal
deal
with
love.
Love
can
mean
different
things
to
the
same
person
at
different
times.
I
feel
that
love
is
a
very
overbearing
word.
How
can
you
make
films
on
love
when
you
confess
that
you
do
not
understand
love
at
all?
So
what
if
I
set
out
to
make
films
on
love
though
I
do
not
understand
love
at
all?
People
who
write
about
God
do
not
know
anything
about
God
because
they
have
not
seen
god.
Similarly
I
set
out
to
make
films
on
love.
Will
every
film
that
you
make
be
a
love
story?
All
said
and
done,
I
would
say
that
I
will
make
a
film
on
a
story
which
I
like
best
at
a
particular
time.
I
will
not
waste
time
thinking
whether
the
story
that
I
like
is
a
love
story
or
not.
It
is
immaterial
for
me
as
a
film
maker.
I
will
however
direct
only
one
film
at
a
time.
What
is
Love
Aaj
Kal
about?
In
every
household
the
older
generation
always
tend
to
tell
the
youngsters
that
hamare
zamane
mein
aisa
nahi
karthe
the.
The
earlier
generation
thinks
that
the
younger
generation
only
indulges
in
sex
whereas
the
younger
generation
finds
the
older
generation
very
boring
and
extremely
ridiculous.
The
old
people
tell
the
youth
that
love
is
not
a
mathematical
puzzle
that
you
can
set
out
to
solve
in
a
jiffy.
Is
that
the
message
that
you
set
out
drive
home
through
Love
Aaj
Kal?
The
message
that
I
strive
to
drive
home
through
Love
Aaj
Kal
is
that
if
you
feel
there
is
no
innocence
in
love
now
like
it
used
to
be
in
the
70"s,
it
is
wrong.
Just
because
physically
the
youngsters
these
days
tend
to
be
very
intimate,
it
does
not
mean
that
there
is
no
innocence
in
their
love.
However
let
me
make
it
very
clear
that
I
am
not
judgmental
about
love
in
the
film.
How
tough
was
it
to
cast
Neetu
Singh
in
your
film?
It
was
not
at
all
tough
to
get
Neetu
Singhji
on
board
in
my
film.
I
told
her
that
I
was
a
huge
fan
of
hers
and
Rishiji
also
put
in
a
good
word
about
me
to
her
and
she
agreed
to
stage
her
come
back
as
an
actress
after
a
long
period
of
time
in
my
film.
Has
it
been
a
conscious
decision
of
your
not
to
repeat
your
stars?
It
is
a
fact
that
I
have
not
repeated
my
star
pairs
in
every
film
that
I
have
made
till
date.
If
I
had
Abhay
Deol
and
Ayesha
in
Socha
Na
Tha,
I
had
Shaheed
and
Kareena
in
Jab
We
Met
and
in
Love
Aaj
Kal
I
have
Saif
and
Deepika
Padukone.
It
has
not
been
a
conscious
decision
on
my
part,
because
I
always
as
a
filmmaker
go
with
actors
who
suit
the
characters
that
the
script
demands
in
my
films.
Would
you
set
out
to
make
a
film
with
new
comers
too?
Each
film
has
its
own
niche
budget.
Just
as
you
get
right
actors
to
play
the
right
characters,
you
should
also
be
realistic
enough
to
take
stars
to
recover
your
budget.
The
day
I
feel
that
I
am
in
a
position
to
make
a
big
budget
film
with
new
faces,
I
will
definitely
go
ahead
and
do
a
film
with
new
faces.
Are
you
scared
or
nervous
now
that
Love
Aaj
Kal
is
being
readied
for
release??
I
am
not
scared
at
all.
There
is
no
time
to
get
nervous
when
you
are
busy
with
your
work.
Some
work
is
always
there,
because
once
the
film
is
completed,
you
are
busy
with
the
post
production
and
then
the
release
plans.
I
feel
that
nervousness
is
a
luxury
a
director
just
cannot
afford
to
have.
All
that
I
can
say
is
that
if
I
do
not
embarrass
myself
when
my
film
is
released,
I
will
be
glad.