When Birthday Boy Vidhu Vinod Chopra Single Handedly Took on Bollywood Stars!
Vidhu Vinod Chopra doesn't mince words and that makes him so honest and endearing!
All set out to blow out 66 candles on his birthday cake today, Bollywood's prominent filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra is known for his creative genius as indeed for his blunt speak. We admire Chopra for his remarkable confidence, his zany energy and the passion he has for his craft. Chopra has given us gems such as Parinda, 1942 A Love Story, Parineeta, The Munnabhai Series, 3 Idiots and more recently Sanju to mention a few in his capacity as a director/ producer.
For those who are very close to him or are from the media fraternity are not unfamiliar with Chopra's ability to call a spade a spade. He never minces his words and states the obvious without the slightest hesitation. Here are the occasions when Chopra shut biggest Bollywood stars and mighty celebs up with his powerful personality. Do Take a look!
#On Ranbir Kapoor's Jagga Jassos Being a Failure: "We all strive. I don't think the film or the maker was a failure. We all strive. Sometimes things fall in place, sometimes they don't and we are OK with that. Nobody can judge us for that." said Chopra.
#When his production Ferrari Ki Sawari was appreciated by the critics but did not exactly succeded at minted big moolah at the box office, Chopra apparently made a remark that was seen as a dig at Akshay Kumar' Rowdy Rathore that had earned Rs 100 crore at the box office! "Rubbish Films Make Rs 100 crore at the box office," said Chopra in an interview. Akshay in his response said that he respects anybody's viewpoint, but he had personally liked Chopra's Ferrari Ki Sawari.
#Chopra reportedly was not sure about Ranbir Kapoor being cast in Sanju but later went on to praise the actor before saying this. "Ranbir Kapoor's choice when it comes to selecting scripts has been stupid."
#"Aamir Khan pagal hain. We call him an Idiot. Aur woh Idiot hona zaroori hain," said Chopra after watching Aamir Khan's Dangal trailer at a media conference!
These are strong words indeed from the birthday boy Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Now you tell us LatestLY readers which of the above statements left you shell shocked and you can also send in your wishes to the beloved producer/filmmaker!
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