Madhuri is sincere, passionate and hardworking: Ranbir

Actor admits that he had a childhood crush on the diva.

MUMBAI: Everyone has childhood crushes and for Ranbir Kapoor, it was the Bollywood diva — Madhuri Dixit. And now that he’s gotten the chance to bust a move with the woman of his dreams in a special song Ghagra in his forthcoming film Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, he couldn’t be happier. He was all praise for her work ethic and professionalism.

“It was great to shoot with Madhuri,” said Ranbir, about the song that has been choreographed by Farah Khan. “Today, even after accomplishing so much and the kind of hard work she put in over the years, she is still so sincere, hardworking, passionate and talented.”

“She is there [on the sets] to only do her work and is always there on time,” he added.



Ranbir grew up watching her films; she has worked with his father-actor Rishi Kapoor in several projects including Yaraana, Sahibaan and Prem Granth.

He admitted that he was quite heartbroken when he found out Madhuri had married Sriram Nene in 1999. He was only 17 at the time.

“The first woman I fell in love with was Madhuri Dixit and the first woman who gave me a heartbreak was Madhuri Dixit when she got married. Just the fact that I got an opportunity to dance with her and see her on the sets, was amazing,” said the 30-year-old.

The Bollywood heartthrob also confessed that he had to “bribe” his friend and the film’s director Ayan Mukerji to let him kiss her in the song.

“I bribed Ayan, as he is my friend. In the song, I found out that I had to kiss her on the cheek, so that was a lovely experience,” said Ranbir, who even danced with the Dhak Dhak girl on the sets of the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa last year while promoting Barfi!.

Set to release on May 31, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani also features actors Deepika Padukone, Kalki Koechlin and Aditya Roy Kapoor.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 17^th, 2013.                    

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