Mulk starring Rishi Kapoor and Tapsee Pannu is set to release on 3 August. Mulk begins with a terror blast that leads to Rishi Kapoor’s son (played by Prateik Babbar) becoming a prime suspect. It goes on to show how the family struggles to fight perceptions about their faith.
In an interview to The Huffington Post, he opened up about cow vigilantism, his upcoming film and how he made a mistake with Ranbir Kapoor while also slamming Bombay Velvet, Jagga Jasoos and Saawariya.
On his role in the film Kapoor said, “Normally we don't care for these kinds of films where the main antagonist, rather the protagonist, is an old man of 65 years of age...”
On Lynching
Though Kapoor was emphatic about being apolitical, he made a comment on mob-violence in India.
This is all bullying...it is a thing that has happened in the past two years..it’s about catching a Muslim and beating him up merely on the ‘suspicion’ of carrying cow meat. Just suspicion. It’s very unfair...See where the world is going and look at where we’re headed – still fighting over communal issues.Rishi Kapoor
He went on to say that despite governments changing the Hindu-Muslim divide and the Kashmir issue still looms large.
On Ranbir Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor said that unlike Bombay Velvet, Jagga Jasoos and Saawariya, Sanju was a good film.
“Anurag Kashyap (Bombay Velvet). You give him so much money, he literally didn’t know what to do with it. Jagga Jasoos was such a bad film, such a bad story...”Rishi Kapoor
The Kapoor and Sons actor also spoke about his ‘uneasy’ relationship with his son.
“I tried as much as I could but it grew into something else. My daughter and I are much closer. With Ranbir, it’s now evolving.”Ranbir Kapoor
Source: The Huffington Post
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