For actor Ranbir Kapoor, Zee Cine Awards 2012 has been extra special this year. The awards, which were scheduled to take place last night, saw Ranbir perform on stage, in front of a live audience for the first time. Besides his performance, what he is most kicked about is the nomination in the Best Actor category for his role in Rockstar.
Ranbir, who has been critically acclaimed for his performance in the film, has always said that it has been his toughest film till date. After Hrs caught him while he was diligently rehearsing for his act at the awards ceremony.
With great enthusiasm he says, "Award ceremonies are a celebration time for the film industry folks. It is a great time when we all come together ' seniors, juniors ' to celebrate our films. Somebody wins, somebody loses; all that is fine. For me it is big enough to be nominated with people like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan and Ajay Devgn. These are people who I have grown up, emulating and trying to copy. To be nominated in the same category is just great. I don't have any notions about whether I'm winning or losing. I had an amazing journey with Rockstar and that in itself is very satisfying."
This is also the first time that Ranbir will be seen shaking a leg to a medley of songs on his late grand uncle Shammi Kapoor and late actor Dev Anand. What is interesting is that he is paired with a guy ' a fellow actor ' Shahid Kapoor. We ask him if it was difficult for him to match his steps with Shahid and he says, "Yes, of course! Shahid is not a great dancer, he is phenomenal! But I don't have any complexes; I'm pretty secure as a person. I am what I am, and this is how I dance. He is a great guy and he helped me a lot, since this is also my first time. Everyone has been helpful actually and, like I said, there is no sense of negativity anywhere within the fraternity."
Talking about his act, he reveals, "It was all very last minute. Shahid was supposed to do it but then later on we decided to do it together. It is just a tribute we are paying to Dev saab and we are dancing to Khoya Khoya Chand in the '50s style. We're also doing Shammi Kapoor's Yahoo. We are trying to do it in our own style. We are not trying to mimic them or copy them in any way. We want to be at least two per cent of what they have done in their lifetime. We wanted to honour the families and give them a memento from the film frat, and Zee ' like a collage signed by the entire industry."
And what about the rumours of Shahid and him being competitors? "Absolutely rubbish! I keep hearing things like I and Shahid, or Imran and I have some takkar, but there is nothing. We are all trying to do good work and that is all that really matters."
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