DNA- Ram to act wit wife

Ram Kapoor to act with wife Gautami

Subhash K Jha

Ram Kapoor who is currently among the most sought-after actors on television is now lunging towards the big-screen. This week he's being seen as the legendary Asha Bhosle's son-in-law in Mahesh Kodiyal's Mai. And according to reports, Ram is unhappy with his role in it. Coming up next is a lead as a loud Punjabi dad in Ashima Chibber's Mere Dad Ki Maruti.
But it's the pairing with his wife in Shaadi Ke Side Effects with Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan, that really has Ram kicked. In this sequel to Pyar Ke Side Effects, Ram gets to work with his wife Gautami Gadgil again.
Says Ram fondly, "While he is enjoying looking after our two children (daughter Sai and son Aks) she is also doing a few films with me. She did Karan Johar's Student Of The Year where she played my wife. Now she's again playing my wife in Saket Chowdhary's Shaadi Ke Side Effects. She has a few scenes with Vidya. I play one of the biggest problems in Farhan's life."
About his role in Mai, Ram says, "I did my best in the given role. The rest was not up to me. But I am not unhappy with my role at all.Whatever I was given to do I did full justice to it. If I wasn't seen promoting Mai, it's because the film got delayed by a year. When they announced that the film was being released in February my business manager informed them that I would not be able to make it. This is the busiest time of my career." Apparently the makers of Mai didn't pay heed. "They presumably didn't take my warning seriously, hence their disappointment at my unavailability. From the time that Mai was first supposed to release and when it was finally released, much happened to my career. My plate was suddenly full. It has become an impossible task to balance out my schedules. Whatever my feelings about my role, the only reason why I wasn't seen promoting the film was because I was shooting for two television show, dubbing for Mere Dad Ki Maruti and also attending workshops for Shaadi Ke Side Effects. It's virtually here there and everywhere.'
Talking about his next film, he says "It's a father-son story. I play a father to a 18-year old actor. It's a hilarious over-the-top film. I've never played such a loud character. Young actors treat me like a role-model. But it isn't easy. It took me 12 years to get there. If it took me ten years to reach the top on television it'd take me that many years to get where Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapoor and Boman Irani and other character actors have reached.That's where I want to be
in films."