Veteran
actor
Anil
Kapoor
would
start
his
2008
campaign
with
a
March
double
bill.
After
being
in
the
industry
for
close
to
three
decades,
Anil
Kapoor
still
finds
himself
playing
lead
roles,
exciting
cameos
or
strong
character
roles,
as
witnessed
in
2007's
last
blockbuster
Welcome
which
is
still
doing
roaring
business.
The
actor
stole
the
show
along
with
Nana
Patekar
in
this
Anees
Bazmee
film
in
spite
of
presence
of
Akshay
Kumar.
At
the
last
count,
the
film
has
netted
close
to
75
crores
from
India
itself.
Now
in
2008,
Anil
Kapoor
has
two
more
big
films
lined
up
in
a
few
weeks
from
now.
While
7th
March
would
see
the
arrival
of
Black&White,
a
week
later
would
arrive
Race.
Both
the
films
are
quite
interesting
for
Anil
Kapoor.
On
one
hand
RACE
is
the
first
film
which
brings
together
Anil
Kapoor
with
the
director
duo
of
Abbas
and
Mustan,
it
would
be
after
close
to
a
decade
that
Anil
Kapoor
would
be
reuniting
with
showman
Subhash
Ghai
in
Black&White.
Powerhouses
in
their
own
right,
the
two
have
worked
together
in
films
like
Meri
Jung,
Karma,
Ram
Lakhan,
Trimurti
And
Taal.
The
two
films,
Race
and
Black&White,
are
as
different
from
each
other
as
chalk
and
cheese.
While
RACE
follows
a
hardcore
commercial
pattern,
Black&White
takes
a
more
realistic
route
and
belongs
to
offbeat
genre.
Anil
Kapoor
has
an
interesting
part
to
enact
in
both
the
films
as
he
plays
his
age.
In
Race,
he
features
as
a
seasoned
detective
out
to
unravel
the
mystery
behind
the
strange
happenings
in
the
personal
lives
of
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Akshaye
Khanna,
who
play
brothers
in
the
film.
Aided
by
his
bimbo
assistant
Sameera
Reddy,
he
is
a
lover
of
fruits
and
possesses
a
cheeky
sense
of
humor.
In
spite
of
heavy
weights
like
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Bipasha
Basu,
Anil
Kapoor
is
expected
to
be
a
scene
stealer
here.
On
the
other
hand
Black&White
has
a
lot
relying
on
Anil
Kapoor's
histrionics,
mainly
because
the
main
lead
in
the
film
is
a
newcomer
Anuraag
Singh.
A
film
about
a
terrorist
(Anuraag
Singh)
who
takes
shelter
in
the
house
of
a
an
unsuspecting
Delhi
University
college
professor
(Anil
Kapoor)
and
gradually
finds
redemption,
Black&White
is
the
first
ever
film
directed
by
Subhash
Ghai
where
he
moves
out
of
his
larger
than
life
setting
for
his
projects.
In
the
film,
Anil
Kapoor
is
paired
opposite
Shefali
Shah,
who
plays
his
wife.
With
two
major
films
like
these
coming
quite
close
to
each
other,
March
is
indeed
going
to
be
a
month
belonging
entirely
to
Anil
Kapoor.
Incidentally,
as
of
today,
there
is
no
other
film
outside
Race
and
Black&White
which
has
been
confirmed
for
the
month
of
March.
Well,
this
won't
be
all
that
one
would
see
of
the
actor
this
year.
A
few
weeks
down
the
line,
he
would
have
yet
another
biggie
starring
him
up
for
release.
Tashan
coming
from
the
house
of
Yash
Raj
Films
would
be
bringing
Anil
Kapoor
back
with
the
production
house
after
17
long
years
(his
last
film
with
YRF
was
Lamhe
which
released
in
1991).
Later
in
the
year,
Anil
Kapoor
would
be
seen
in
yet
another
Subhash
Ghai
directed
film
Yuvraaj.