Kareena has surpassed Julia Roberts in We Are Family: Director

August 5th, 2010MUMBAI - Debutant director Siddharth Malhotra feels his cousin Kareena Kapoor has surpassed Julia Roberts in Stepmom in his remake We Are Family.According to me Kareena has surpassed Julia Roberts from the original, gushes Siddharth.
He also confesses that getting Kareena to work in the film was not easy though they are cousins.
Kareenas grandmother Mrs Krishna Raj Kapoor and my grandfather actor Premnath are sibings. So Ive known her from my childhood. Weve practically grown up together. When I went to Karan Johar with the idea of remaking Stepmom I told him that Kajol and Kareena were my first and last choices. Karan not only got me the remake rights he also got me the two actresses.
The two actresses are the best we have. And there was never an ego issue. Both actresses were super-professional. That is why it took two years to get remake rights and only 64 shifts to make my film. Kajol was a dream. Shed arrive on the dot at 9 a.m. be on the sets for the first shot at 9.30 and we would pack up at 6 p.m. so that she could return to her baby. To me she was the ideal actress wife and mother, and thats what she plays in my film.
Siddharth cant wait for Kajol to have her second baby so he can make another film with her. Says the besotted director, Kajol is addictive. No one can wok only once with her. She kept me on my toes. If you work with her you better do your homework, or she will grill you. Karan has taught me to know my characters on my finger tips.
Siddharth says he knows no other life than films. I watch 3-4 films a day even today in every language. I dont go out to socialize. No parties and no late nights. I couldnt have made a young with-it cool-and-hip film even if I wanted to. It had to be a film about family values. I have grown up in that atmosphere. And I assisted Sooraj Barjatya (on Vivah) and Karan Johar(on Kal Ho Na Ho).
So how different is We Are Family from the original Stepmom?
Siddharth Malhotra ponders. If you remember Sooraj-ji took the heart of Nadiya Ke Paar and made Hum Aapke Hain Koun. Likewise Ive taken just 6-7 key elements of Stepmom and then written it on my own.
Next Siddharth returns to his first script, a family comedy. I was actually going to make that first. Then I got stuck with the last twenty minutes. Now Ive got it worked out. and have an opinion on nike shox tl1 men's