It is a known fact that during the making of Kites, director Anurag Basu had found himself cornered to such an extent that rumours around opting out of the film had started making rounds. With heavy weight names like Rakesh Roshan and Hrithik Roshan associated with the film, he could no longer just grin and bear after a point in time. Though one would have expected Ranbir Kapoor to be throwing his weight around as well during the making of Barfi!, Anurag thankfully had a much better experience this time around.
"Kites isn't an experience that Anurag is really thrilled about. In fact till then he had worked with lesser stars and definitely no superstars. From making small to medium budget films, he had graduated to the big league there. Post Kites many around him wondered that working with Ranbir could be a tad troublesome as well since he too does only a few films and indulges in quite a few 'creative conversations'. However Anurag took the risk with Barfi! and went by his instinct", says a close friend.
Thankfully for him, with Ranbir it turned out to be a much better experience since the youngster just left it on him to call the shots. Now this was quite a different experience for the filmmaker since during the making of Kites, everything used to go through the Roshans as well before being finalised.
"Ranbir follows a different approach in his films", a close associate adds, "He first chooses his directors and then films. You can see that from his past record, right from Sanjay Leela Bhansali to Imtiaz Ali. Even Rockstar took such a long time to be made but there were never any creative issues between Ranbir and Imtiaz. Similarly Ranbir stood by Anurag even though the film was getting constantly delayed. Moreover, he never once attempted to bypass the director. He trusted Anurag and left it on him to do what he felt best."
No wonder, due to better experience with Ranbir, Anurag's faith in superstars hasn't been diminished and now he is planning to pair up with him again for the Kishore Kumar biopic.