On Tuesday, Anil Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Ileana D’Cruz, Athiya Shetty and Anees Bazmee launched trailer of their upcoming film Mubarakan in Mumbai. While speaking to the media, Anil Kapoor asserted that doing commercial family entertaining films played biggest role in the longevity of actors like me, Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Akshay Kumar and Jeetendra.
Anil Kapoor has essayed variety of roles in his acting career right from commercial film like Tezaab, Deewana Mastana, Welcome to intense films like Ishwar, Pukaar,Saaheb and Parinda, when asked about doing entertaining films , Anil replied, “doing commercial family entertainers played biggest role in the longevity of actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Akshay Kumar, Jeetendra and me. I am working in this industry for last 38 years and in these years, I did various kind of roles and surviving in this industry for 38 years is not easy thing to achieve. I feel, I must have done something right in all these years to hold my position in the industry. I want to urge all young actors to do family entertainers which have comedy, emotion and drama if they want to play longer innings in the industry. Films which has entertainment and message is the best combination to have as an actor and Mubarakan has all ingredients of typical commercial family entertainer.”
Anil also talked about working with Anees Bazmee over the years, he said, “After long time, I am working in a family entertainer. Anees has one specialty in his films that when you see his earlier films like No entry, Welcome, Welcome Back or films written by him like Deewana Mastana or Laadla, there is not a single double meaning dialogue in it so it’s always honor and privilege to work with him who is one of great director of the industry”
Anil also talked about his experience working with his nephew Arjun Kapoor for the first time, he said, “It’s been wonderful and emotional experience working with Arjun. He is my relative and he is like my son so while shooting with him it was emotional professionalism. Anees and I always used to discuss that we should make this film in such manner that it will be Arjun’s most successful films and if it happens then only Anees and I will be satisfied”.
Mubarakan is releasing on 28 July, 2017.
