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Shahid Kapoor will stand with you even at midnight if you need him: Ahmed Khan
Ahmed Khan
Ahmed Khan, 40, won his first Filmfare award at the age of 21 for choreographing Ram Gopal Varma's 'Rangeela'. He may have a temper and may be fickle-minded, but is genuine and a family man. Ahead of his first co production with Bhushan Kumar on 'Ek Paheli Leela', he talks about his best friend and wife Shaira, his love for Shahid Kapoor and why he calls Ranbir Kapoor 'Chingla'. Excerpts:
Do you have friends in the industry?
Shahid Kapoor is my childhood friend. His mother and my mother were friends. His mother was working, so she would mandatorily drop him to my house and tell my mom to take care of him when she went for shooting. So he would be in my house all the time. My mom would ask me to take care of him, as I was a few years older to him. So I would be dancing and he would be sitting on the bed looking at me. He must have been 15 then. He is like my brother and I love him. He is actually like me, as we both don't party, are quiet, don't drink or smoke. Now he has opened up. While I love him, what I don't like about him is that he does not know how to behave like an actor. He feels like everyone is trying to run behind him. But I also know his reasons for behaving like that. He comes from a broken family where his mother, despite being a talented actor, did not see success and his father, Pankaj Kapur, despite being a brilliant actor, did not get his due as much as he should have and finally they split, so Shahid had a hard life. So from his childhood, he knew one thing that if I make it I want to be the biggest star of the country. He always lives with that feeling and therefore, behaves likes that. What is truly special about him is that Shahid will stand with you even at midnight and that too, without having a hidden agenda. If he is attached with you, he is very badly emotionally attached to you. For instance, if I need to go to my in-laws' place, he will drive with you in the car till there just to be with you. He always says that the only person I feel scared if he shouts at me, is you. If he does something that I don't like, I will shout at him. He has worked very hard to reach where he is and that too, without any support. So I understand that his guard is always up. Ranbir Kapoor and my dad were old friends as they were connected through the races. Ranbir I call 'Chingla' as he chickened out when I was shooting for a song in Bachna Ae Haseeno. I made him climb on a stone that was 70 feet tall and he has vertigo, so he started shivering. From that day, I started calling him first Chicken Legs, then Chingles and now it's Chingla. Ranbir is a treat to be with, fight with, spend time with and work with. He is simply a treat in every way. I am also very close to Akshay Kumar. The best thing about Akshay is that he is just the same as he was in 1992 when he started. He is street-smart, very enterprising and clean and he doesn't waste time at all. He comes straight to the point. While others want to ask you about the money, they will talk about a 1,000 things before they come to the point, but Akshay will ask you straight.
Shahid Kapoor is my childhood friend. His mother and my mother were friends. His mother was working, so she would mandatorily drop him to my house and tell my mom to take care of him when she went for shooting. So he would be in my house all the time. My mom would ask me to take care of him, as I was a few years older to him. So I would be dancing and he would be sitting on the bed looking at me. He must have been 15 then. He is like my brother and I love him. He is actually like me, as we both don't party, are quiet, don't drink or smoke. Now he has opened up. While I love him, what I don't like about him is that he does not know how to behave like an actor. He feels like everyone is trying to run behind him. But I also know his reasons for behaving like that. He comes from a broken family where his mother, despite being a talented actor, did not see success and his father, Pankaj Kapur, despite being a brilliant actor, did not get his due as much as he should have and finally they split, so Shahid had a hard life. So from his childhood, he knew one thing that if I make it I want to be the biggest star of the country. He always lives with that feeling and therefore, behaves likes that. What is truly special about him is that Shahid will stand with you even at midnight and that too, without having a hidden agenda. If he is attached with you, he is very badly emotionally attached to you. For instance, if I need to go to my in-laws' place, he will drive with you in the car till there just to be with you. He always says that the only person I feel scared if he shouts at me, is you. If he does something that I don't like, I will shout at him. He has worked very hard to reach where he is and that too, without any support. So I understand that his guard is always up. Ranbir Kapoor and my dad were old friends as they were connected through the races. Ranbir I call 'Chingla' as he chickened out when I was shooting for a song in Bachna Ae Haseeno. I made him climb on a stone that was 70 feet tall and he has vertigo, so he started shivering. From that day, I started calling him first Chicken Legs, then Chingles and now it's Chingla. Ranbir is a treat to be with, fight with, spend time with and work with. He is simply a treat in every way. I am also very close to Akshay Kumar. The best thing about Akshay is that he is just the same as he was in 1992 when he started. He is street-smart, very enterprising and clean and he doesn't waste time at all. He comes straight to the point. While others want to ask you about the money, they will talk about a 1,000 things before they come to the point, but Akshay will ask you straight.
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