Ranbir Kapoor remembers his father, Rishi Kapoor, being a 'big bully' on the sets; here's why

Ranbir Kapoor is currently busy with the promotions of his upcoming big ticket movie, Shamshera. The actor has now talked about his late father and legendary actor Rishi Kapoor, calling him a big bully on sets. 

“My father was always a big bully and he used to test his directors. If he comes on too strong and the director doesn’t hold his own and agrees to everything he says, he knows he has to take over the project,” he told Peeping Moon.

Ranbir added that his father was thus always testing directors and thankfully Karan Malhotra, who helms his upcoming movie Shamshera, was confident enough and stood his ground.  

Karan worked with Rishi Kapoor in the 2012 movie Agneepath, starring Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Sanjay Dutt. Agneepath was also Malhotra’s first movie as director. 

Ranbir Kapoor further added that Zoya Akhtar had also told him that his father was a bully and if the director did not stand up to him, he would take over the movie and this was his way of testing people. 

Karan also said in a recent interview that both Rishi and Ranbir are very different but their work ethics are similar and that both of them would surrender to the vision of the director. 

Shamshera, which is backed by Yash Raj Films, is a mega project set in the late 1800s and tells the tale of a warrior tribe which has been imprisoned, before one man steps up against the oppression and becomes a leader. 

Also starring Dutt and Vaani Kapoor, the movie is set to hit theatres around the country on July 22. The movie will also be released in IMAX, making it only one of the handful of Indian movies to do so.