I didnt give other people a chance to change the gears for me. One of the reasons (for never disappearing from the silver screen) is that I shifted gears at the right time. Kapoor is rather matter-of-fact in analysing of his own career. Soon after his romantic films like Armaan and Salaam-E-Ishq met with mixed reactions,he switched to dabbling in genres as varied as thrillers ( My Wifes Murder),drama ( Badhai Ho Badhai where he played a fat guy akin to Eddie Murphy in the Nutty Professor) and of course,good old comedy. He just made a smart transition from leading romantic roles to second leads while the going was good after Taal opposite Aishwarya Rai. And that,to repeat an oft-used cliché is because he never went away! Except that in his case,its true. No wonder then that Kapoor is the only one of his generation (of actors) who is not making a comeback. After all,pulling off the unexpected has been his forte since the very outset and his recent international foray as Omar Hassan,President of Islamic Republic of Kamistan (IRK) in the original 24,and playing the game show host in Danny Boyles Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire or an Indian playboy tycoon in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol are recent examples of the same.Īt 50 something,Kapoor could easily pass off as an actor in his forties,given his fitness level. But its evident that he is far from daunted. Mujhe hi sabse zyada dande padenge, he says with that famous crinkling of the eyes-smile. The last such attempt on Indian television was Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin,an adaptation of Ugly Betty,a far cry from the thriller zone that 24 is aiming for. Quite a few well recognized names like Deo, Anupam Kher,Mandira Bedi,Tisca Chopra and writer-director Rensil DSilva have been roped in for the series,a first of its kind adaptation on an Indian GEC.
After two multi-starrer hits this year Race 2 and Shootout At Wadala,there are a clutch of projects that suggest that the audience will be seeing more of him a film opposite former leading lady Tabu in a film titled Sharmaji Ka Atom Bomb,a sequel to Welcome and most likely Race 3,if it were to be made.īut the most talked about role the actor is essaying this season would have to be of Jay Singh Rathore,who heads a special intelligence unit to counter terrorism in the Indian adaptation of 24,a popular American television series that he is co-producing with Abhinay Deo,ad film-maker and director (he is also helming the series). And even today Kapoor,who began his innings as an actor in 1978,shows no sign of slowing down. So, who was the 1st victim? Who was the first perpetrator? Shootout at Wadala will bring to the forefront, questions that have long being left unanswered.Anil Kapoor is an actor of many parts comic,romantic,action hero and occasionally,an anti-hero too. The film outlines the rampant gang wars in Bombay as it culminates into a three way epic face-off between the dreaded gangster Dilawar, the notorious and charismatic gangster Manya Surve and Inspector Afaaque Bagraan. But where did it all begin? What compelled the second best police force in the world to adopt this barbaric practice of playing judge, jury and executioner? Who started it? When, where and how did it happen? The answer to all of this is Shootout at Wadala, the unbelievable true story of the first ever encounter in Bombay. Till date more than 820 encounters have been recorded in the files of Mumbai police.
The people of India had by then, become immune to this brutal method of serving justice by the Mumbai police. This police encounter was telecast live by the BBC and covered extensively by the media across the country and internationally. In 1992, Bombay witnessed the famous Shootout at Lockhandwala.