People often compare me and Srikant Mohta with the legendary Raj Kapoor-Shankar Jaikishan jodi. They say, when ever we work together on a project, it turns into gold.
People have often asked me to do a remake of Awara' with Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor. When I took the idea few steps forward, we all got scared. Where will we get another Prithviraj Kapoor and Raj Kappor? Where will I get composers like Shankar-Jaikishen?
I tried to keep the Raj Kapoor spirit. Everybody is not a Raj Kapoor.
A hero today must be Raj Kapoor, Sunil Dutt, Shammi Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan rolled into one. These are the six hero slots in Hindi cinema and an actor must be able to play all if he wants a long innings.
I grew up hearing about Raj Kapoor and K. Asif and the way they used to make films lavishly. We are dream merchants and we have got to sell dreams, which are lapped up by all.
My son was named after my father, whose name was Ranbir Raj Kapoor.
No one can be like Raj Kapoor as far as his vision is concerned, not even me.
The way Raj Kapoor saab acted and directed all his life, I don't think there is anyone today who can even touch him. He was also from a theatre background. I consider him the teacher of creativity.
Someone like Raj Kapoor is born once in 100 years. He was a one-man circus all by himself.
I am very happy for the respect shown towards my father, Raj Kapoor-ji, the greatest showman of Hindi cinema.
The biggest problem is always getting hits. That's the one thing that has never changed. The way of delivering music has changed, the way of listening to it has changed, the way of distributing it has changed, but it's always the music.
If I have to choose one person, the one person who inspired Rajpal Yadav is Raj Kapoor saab.
Of course, not everyone can be Raj Kapoor but that's how it is. That's how life is. People want to know about you when you are successful.
When I used to go to Bombay to run, I would often meet Raj Kapoor and he would take me to RK Studio.
I don't see Arijit Singh as a competition at all. That's because we both have a very different style of singing. In fact, I really appreciate what he's been able to bring to the playback singing industry.
By Ram Raj I do not mean Hindu Raj. I mean by Ram Raj, Divine Raj, the Kingdom of God.