Bollywood icon Ranbir Kapoor idolises Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has found an ardent admirer in Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor, who has praised the Congress leader for reaching out to the poor and relentlessly working for their uplift.

Ranbir, who was a speaker at the India Today conclave discussing the motion `Change: Reality Vs Idealism`, said no one could have imagined that a politician with Z-class security would leave his bullet proof car and roam in the streets to talk to the common man. The 27-year-old actor said that even the film industry is trying to bridge the gap between idealism and reality with new age films like `Firaaq`, `Dev D` and `Tare Zameen Par`. "I think five years back making such films or the films like I have been part of `Wake Up Sid` and `Rocket Singh...` and making them likeable to the mass audience was a mean feet," Ranbir said. Quoting his character in `Rocket Singh; Salesman of The Year`, Ranbir said, "Idealistically the world should have given wings to his vision, the bosses should have been his guiding angels and colleagues, welcoming comrades but in reality he gets trapped in a vicious circle of humiliation. There is no idealistic world till he creates it for himself and that is the fighting spirit of youngsters today," Ranbir said. "As a kid I used to dream of being taken seriously as an actor, today I am standing on the stage talking to you as Ranbir Kapoor, the actor and that is the reality," he said. PTI