Ranbir Kapoor is nowadays busy basking in appreciations from all the quarters for his work in upcoming film Barfi as the trailer and three songs have already released. In fact, his director Anurag Basu is all praises for the actor and says Ranbir was always his first choice for the film.

Anurag said that he had decided to take Ranbir Kapoor in Barfi even before he started writing the script. Basu, who has directed films like Gangster, Murder, Life in a Metro and Kites, says he did not have anyone else in mind for the central protagonist in case Ranbir would have declined the film.

"When I started work on the film, it was on a blank slate. As I started moving ahead with the story, I realised that the only person who would fit into the role was Ranbir. All other characters, including that of Priyanka Chopra, came in later," said Basu.

In the film, Ranbir is playing a deaf and mute young man and the young star’s character is influenced by Charlie Chaplin, who was also a favourite with his grandfather Raj Kapoor. "The Chaplin influence was not there in the script when Ranbir came on board. It is just that as we progressed, it was felt that certain scenes would be elevated if Ranbir got into that mode. There is silence in the film, something which is the core of it, and there is a Chaplin layer to it as well. However, Ranbir is not imitating Chaplin in the film," Basu said.

This is definitely one of those films we are looking forward to!

Source: Zeenews.com