Ranbir Doesn’t Want To Be a Father Like Me, says Rishi Kapoor

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, who is known for his outspoken nature, believes in saying things as they are, whether it is on his Twitter account or his book, Khullam Khulla.

The actor released his biography “Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored” in Delhi today along with his near and dear ones. Wife Neetu Kapoor, daughter Riddhima Sahni and son-in-law Bharat Sahni were present at the launch to support the senior Kapoor.

Also seen is Rishi Kapoor’s adorable grand daughter Samara Sahni. The veteran star spoke about his book and his experiences penning it down. The co-author of the book is Meena Iyer.

The“Bobby” actor says, he has always tried to maintain a gap between him and his son, actor Ranbir Kapoor when it comes to talking about personal life. He says Ranbir has never liked it and doesn’t want to be like him as a father.

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In his autobiography, Rishi has revealed some of the unknown aspects of his life, right from his and his late father Raj Kapoor’s affairs with co-stars to his belief on father-son relationship and his passion for acting.

Talking about Raj Kapoor, he said, “For me, Raj Kapoor was not only a father. He was my guru, whatever I am today is because of him. When we were kids we knew that we were children of someone very important because wherever we went people looked at us as Raj Kapoor’s sons.”

In the same vein, he discussed his son Ranbir, “I never argued with my father and it so happened that unfortunately, the same kind of relationship passed on with me and Ranbir. I really want that there should be love and respect between us.”

“But I am not the type of guy, who will ask him (Ranbir) to share secrets of his girlfriends and all that. I am sorry. It’s my failure. I want there to be a wall between me and him where I can see him, but can’t feel him,” he added.

Rishi revealed that during Ranbir’s childhood, he was busy working, due to which Ranbir got closer to Neetu.”Probably he felt that he needs his father, but I’m sorry I just can’t,” he said.

“Ranbir feels that when he is going to have kids, he is not going to be like me. It’s a generation gap. I cannot be a friend to a son. You must accept me the way I am,” Rishi said.

Rishi, whose family has been part of Indian filmdom for the past 85 years, was tagged as chocolate hero and lover boy in his prime in the 1980s. The actor is known for films like “Bobby”, “Khel Khel Mien”, “Karz”, “Do Dooni Chaar ” and more recently for “Kapoor & Sons”.