<p>Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who has written the foreword to his father’s soon-to-be released autobiography ‘Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored’, has opened up about the “formal” relationship between him and his father.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 34-year-old actor, who recently delivered the box-office hit ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ says that the father-son relationship is “one of complete reverence” and that he has never crossed a “certain line” with Rishi.<br /><br />“I am closer to my mother. I feel that Dad modelled his relationship with me on the one he shared with his own father. And it is true that I have never crossed a certain line with him.”<br /><br />“But there is no sense of loss or vacuum here. I do wish sometimes that I could be friendlier with him or even spend more time with him,” Ranbir writes in the foreword.<br /><br />The actor goes on to say that he would not want to share a similar relationship with his own children in the future and unlike his father, spend more time with them.<br /><br />“Sometimes I wish I could just pick up the phone and ask him, ‘Dad, how are you doing?’ But we do not have that. We do not have a phone relationship.<br /><br />“When I get married and have children, I would want to change that dynamic with them. I don’t want my relationship with my children to be as formal as the one I have with my father. I want to be friendlier, be more connected, spend more time with them than he did with me,” he writes.<br /><br />Despite the formal setup of their relationship, Ranbir says that he loves his father “dearly”, and always looks up to him for inspiration.<br /><br />“I love my father dearly and have immense respect for him. I’m inspired by him and never want to let him down. I know he has only my best interests at heart. He also takes care of the financial side of my work. So we are more connected now.<br /><br />“His confidence in me and my work makes me take pride in it. I persevere that much harder because of this. His belief and his encouragement are important to me,” the ‘Rockstar’ actor writes in the book.<br /><br />Ranbir, however, steered clear of commenting on Rishi Kapoor’s Twitter personality, but added that his father is a “straight arrow”.<br /><br />“I do not have a take on his Twitter personality. All I can say is, so long as he is being honest and having fun, it’s his prerogative. Social media is something very personal.<br /><br />“Of course, he gets himself into a spot sometimes with his frank speak, but I know he has no agenda and no hidden motive. My father is a straight arrow,” he writes.<br /><br />The HarperCollins book, co-written by Rishi Kapoor and Meena Iyer, is available for pre-order online and will be launched officially soon.</p>
<p>Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who has written the foreword to his father’s soon-to-be released autobiography ‘Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored’, has opened up about the “formal” relationship between him and his father.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 34-year-old actor, who recently delivered the box-office hit ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ says that the father-son relationship is “one of complete reverence” and that he has never crossed a “certain line” with Rishi.<br /><br />“I am closer to my mother. I feel that Dad modelled his relationship with me on the one he shared with his own father. And it is true that I have never crossed a certain line with him.”<br /><br />“But there is no sense of loss or vacuum here. I do wish sometimes that I could be friendlier with him or even spend more time with him,” Ranbir writes in the foreword.<br /><br />The actor goes on to say that he would not want to share a similar relationship with his own children in the future and unlike his father, spend more time with them.<br /><br />“Sometimes I wish I could just pick up the phone and ask him, ‘Dad, how are you doing?’ But we do not have that. We do not have a phone relationship.<br /><br />“When I get married and have children, I would want to change that dynamic with them. I don’t want my relationship with my children to be as formal as the one I have with my father. I want to be friendlier, be more connected, spend more time with them than he did with me,” he writes.<br /><br />Despite the formal setup of their relationship, Ranbir says that he loves his father “dearly”, and always looks up to him for inspiration.<br /><br />“I love my father dearly and have immense respect for him. I’m inspired by him and never want to let him down. I know he has only my best interests at heart. He also takes care of the financial side of my work. So we are more connected now.<br /><br />“His confidence in me and my work makes me take pride in it. I persevere that much harder because of this. His belief and his encouragement are important to me,” the ‘Rockstar’ actor writes in the book.<br /><br />Ranbir, however, steered clear of commenting on Rishi Kapoor’s Twitter personality, but added that his father is a “straight arrow”.<br /><br />“I do not have a take on his Twitter personality. All I can say is, so long as he is being honest and having fun, it’s his prerogative. Social media is something very personal.<br /><br />“Of course, he gets himself into a spot sometimes with his frank speak, but I know he has no agenda and no hidden motive. My father is a straight arrow,” he writes.<br /><br />The HarperCollins book, co-written by Rishi Kapoor and Meena Iyer, is available for pre-order online and will be launched officially soon.</p>
