Arjun Kapoor: In our generation, Ranbir is leaps and bounds ahead

Among the new generation of actors, there’s one quality that is very admirable - they don’t shy away from appreciating other actors in the industry.

Arjun Kapoor has praised Ranbir Kapoor whole-heartedly for the kind of films he’s doing.
Said Arjun: “Ranbir Kapoor is a superstar.

“The choices that he has made have been bold and have paid off and he continues taking risks. ‘Bombay Velvet’ is going to be another risk for him.

“No actor can control the commerce of film beyond a point any which ways, but he’s always been very brave. He’s loved by everybody.”

He further added: “We, as actors look forward to seeing a Ranbir Kapoor film - because he does deliver, and if he’s doing a film it must be good or there must be something to it.

“You will never disregard a Ranbir Kapoor film. Even when he does a film in a special appearance, it has the burden of expectations. Therefore, in our generation, he is leaps and bounds ahead.

“He’s been here for a while and has made some very good choices. I think that is an example to learn.”
Arjun added that he doesn’t believe that the magnitude of superstars such as Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan can be recreated.

He said he thinks the definition of a “superstar” has changed.

‘Happy New Year’ is 7th highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas

Shah Rukh Khan

Considering that Shah Rukh Khan has a huge fan following in the overseas market, it was expected that ‘Happy New Year’ would perform exceptionally well.

Whether it was anticipated that the film would become the seventh highest-grossing Bollywood film overseas, the fact is that this Farah Khan directorial has now collected $13 million in the international circuit in just ten days.

It has now beaten the collections of three films as it jumped directly to the seventh position.

The film surpassed the collections of two of Shah Rukh’s films i.e ‘Don 2’ which had collected $11,750,000 and ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehana’, which had raked in $10,770,000.

Also ‘Happy New Year’ has now beaten this year’s entrant ‘Kick’ which had made $11,100,000 million overseas.

Do Bobby and Sunny still carry resentment of Dharmendra’s relationship with Hema Malini after all these years?

As the ‘who’s who’ of the film fraternity came together for veteran Bollywood actors Hema Malini and Dharmendra’s younger daughter Ahana, the bride’s half brothers Sunny and Bobby were mysteriously absent at all the celebrations.

They had also been absent at eldest daughter of Dharmendra and Hema Malini Esha’s wedding in 2012.

With this being the first big Bollywood wedding of the year, it was attended by business biggies and politicians including Anil Ambani, who was accompanied by mother Kokilaben and wife Tina. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev was also present on this occasion. Politician Amar Singh, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray with wife Rashmi also attended the wedding reception.

Whist Bollywood royalty, including Shah Rukh Khan, the Bachchans, Rekha, Shabana Azmi, Jeetendra, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Juhi Chawla, Dia Mirza and Asha Bhosale (just to name a few) were present to bless the newly wed couple, whispers did the rounds as to why the brothers were absent.

Ahana got married to Delhi-based businessman Vaibhav Vora in a part-South Indian, part-Punjabi ceremony. The wedding was preceded by an intimate ‘mehndi’ and ‘sangeet’ function.

Ahana and Vaibhav met at the wedding of elder sister Esha and Mumbai-based businessman Bharat Takhtani two years ago and got engaged in June 2013.