Anurag Basu's Barfi!, featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Ileana D'cruz and Priyanka Chopra, has passed the censor scanner with flying colours. Barfi! Has received a U-Certificate and interestingly it is the filmmaker's first movie, which has not received an A or U/A certificate.
An elated Basu took to Twitter to express his delight, writing, "Just got the censor certificate, 'Burfii' is my first U certificate film.:)."
Barfi! revolves around Ranbir's character Murphy, who is deaf and mute, and his bitter-sweet relationship with two girls Shruti and Jhilmil, played by Ileana and Priyanka, respectively. The entire team is currently on a promotional spree and the film is expected to hit the theaters on September 14, 2012.
Filmmaker Anurag Basu has a very unique way of storytelling. While working on Basu's upcoming film Barfi!, even the cast of the film including Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz remained clueless about the ending of the film. This is because Basu does not believe in keeping the screenplay of his films with him during narration schedules.
Ileana was under the impression that this would be a typical masala film but was pleasantly surprised when she discovered that she plays a serious Bengali girl.
Priyanka too, has stated that she never got a narration of the film and it was only Ranbir who had gotten one. Ranbir, on his part, says that there was no format in which the film was made and that the schedules kept changing during the narration.
Anurag Basu also maintained that he is a lazy narrator and that the only wholehearted narration he gave was to Ranbir and the producers.
Barfi! is set to release on September 14.
Producer Boney Kapoor's son and Ishaqzaade actor Arjun Kapoor has been involved in yet another controversy. After being in the spotlight for falling out with his mentor Salman Khan and refusing his father's production, the latest news is that the young actor has rejected Anurag Basu's film. A source claims that the Barfi! director had approached Arjun Kapoor for a film however; the young actor turned it down.
However, the actor has refuted these allegations stating that Anurag is a wonderful director and that he would love to meet, interact and work with him in the future. Anurag Basu has directed successful films such as Life in a Metro, Gangster and Murder in the past, his last film, however, Kites did not fare well at the box office.
The trailer of the Ranbir Kapoor-Priyanka Chopra starrer Barfi! was revealed recently and the Chaplinesque romantic comedy was gushed about by all and sundry. However, what many don't know is that director Anurag Basu initially wanted Katrina Kaif to play the role that eventually went to South actress Ileana D'Cruz.
Confirming the news, Basu said that he was quite impressed with the Ranbir-Katrina chemistry in movies like Raajneeti and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and as such, wanted Kaif to be cast opposite Kapoor. It seems that even Katrina had agreed to the project but later backed out as it was rumoured that she did not want to star in a two-heroine film.
Ranbir Kapoor will be seen playing a deaf-mute character named Murphy in the film, whereas Priyanka Chopra will be seen playing an autistic girl.
