Actor-producer Anil Kapoor, who have been part of remake films including “Virasat” and “Nayak”, says his children don't seem to be fascinated with the genre and would persist with originals.
“Newer generation don’t wish to do remakes. No less than my children don’t need to do remakes. They would like to do original work. Either they would like to conform books or make original screenplays,” Anil told reporters at an event here.
Anil has two daughters – actress Sonam, producer Rhea – and son Harshvardhan who's yet to make his debut in showbiz
“Whenever I ATTEMPT TO corrupt them and tell them remakes do commercially well, they say, ‘Dad, you could have done it, we aren't going to do it.’ That’s the brand new generation. No less than my kids is not going to do it and they'll say, ‘Do it to your own.’ For me, sometime to maintain the corporate rolling, I CAN must do that.”
Anil entered produciton business in 2002 with the comedy “Badhaai Ho Badhaai” and it was followed by “My Wife’s Murder” (2005), “Gandhi, My Father” (2007) and “Aisha: 2010
His production venture “Aisha” and his recently announced moive “Herogiri” are book adaptations and the 52-year-old says despite being inspired by literary works, both the films’ scripts are original.
“Both these films are original interpretations. Even the film Herogiri, which we're making now, is an adaptation from a book. But if you'll read the script, it’s completely original.
“Few things are inspired by the book, but if you notice the screenplay it's original work. A minimum of we do not make a frame to border screenplay. They're all basically original and that’s what youngsters are doing,” he added. – IANS
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