Anil Kapoor: People Were Shocked With My Choice Of Doing Female-Fronted Films
Anil Kapoor says it is always difficult to cast a big name as a male lead in a female-fronted project.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Anil
Kapoor
says
it
is
always
difficult
to
cast
a
big
name
as
a
male
lead
in
a
female-fronted
project.
The
62-year-old
actor,
who
has
worked
in
films
like
Beta,
Judaai
and
Laadla,
which
had
stronger
female
characters,
says
early
in
his
career
he
was
advised
by
industry
insiders
to
not
take
up
movies
in
which
the
heroine
had
a
better
or
equal
role.
"When
I
did
films
like
Judaai
and
few
others
a
lot
of
industry
people
would
wonder
and
get
shocked
at
the
same
time
that
'why
I
am
doing
films
in
which
the
role
of
a
heroine
is
better
than
mine
or
maybe
equal?'.
That
was
the
mindset
of
a
few
people."
"But
I
would
always
go
for
films
that
either
had
good
role
for
me
or
the
story
was
nice.
Like
sometimes
either
Madhuri
Dixit
Nene
or
Sridevi
would
get
best
roles
in
the
films
that
we
acted
in
together.
I
did
this
for
longevity," Kapoor
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
Citing
example
of
his
home
production
film
Khubsoorat,
the
actor-producer
says
the
problem
still
persists
as
they
faced
tough
time
scouting
for
the
leading
man
opposite
his
daughter
Sonam
Kapoor.
"We
faced
a
lot
of
problem
while
casting
for
the
male
lead
for
'Khubsoorat'.
Nobody
was
ready
to
do
it.
All
the
leading
men
had
refused
to
do
the
film.
We
still
kept
looking
for
an
apt
actor
and
Rhea
(Kapoor)
told
me
about
Fawad
Khan
and
showed
me
some
of
his
work.
Rhea,
Kapoor's
younger
daughter,
who
was
also
the
producer
of
the
film,
asked
Fawad
to
give
audition
and
they
liked
it.
Kapoor
says
as
a
producer
he
and
Rhea
believe
in
making
films
that
centre
around
women.
"As
far
as
our
company
is
concerned,
Rhea
is
doing
a
good
job
of
making
films
around
women
and
she
is
doing
it
intentionally
also
because
she
loves
it.
I
have
always
encouraged
it.
I
think
more
producers
should
keep
making
films
around
women.
And
why
do
it
with
big
stars
only?
Do
it
with
every
good
actor,"
he
adds.
The
actor
is
currently
working
on
Pagalpanti.
He
also
has
Karan
Johar's
Takht,
Malang
and
biopic
on
Olympic
gold
medallist
Abhinav
Bindra.
"I
have
three
film
releasing
both
this
year
and
in
2020.
I
feel
it
is
less.
There
should
be
at
least
four
films
a
year.
I
have
the
strength
and
energy
to
do
more
films
even
now.
I
am
ready
to
fail.
At
the
most
the
film
will
flop.
For
me
it's
ok.
I
will
work
hard
for
the
next
one
and
hope
it
will
do
better,"
he
adds.
Recently,
filmmaker
Shekhar
Kapur
teased
fans
on
social
media
about
a
collaboration
with
Kapoor
hinting
it
might
be"Mr
India
2.
"There
are
some
discussions.
But
it
is
not
Mr
India
sequel."
He
was
talking
on
the
sidelines
of
Ariel's
campaign
Sons
#ShareTheLoad.