Ranbir was Raj Kapoor’s favorite grandchild

Spicezee Bureau

Mumbai: Bollywood’s very own chocolate boy has been the favorite of someone much older than the current generation of swooning girls. Raj Kapoor, the patriarch of the Kapoor family and the first original performer of Bollywood, doted on his first grandchild Ranbir. The young star fondly remembers his grandpa. He told a news daily recently, “Whenever my mom shouted at me I would call him up and he would fire her. I, being his first grandson, was special. Every weekend, the grandkids used to go to his home in Chembur. He kept a bag of toffees and gave us one every time we slalomed him. I once asked him for a suit when he was visiting Russia. He got back two bags of suits in every colour possible. He never shopped for anyone else.” Perhaps as an aftereffect of those suits, Ranbir became an ardent fan of his movies. He said, “It was during my last days of school. That’s when I realised I wanted to be part of the film industry. The first RK film I saw was Sri 420. It influenced me deeply.” Ranbir’s father Rishi Kapoor wanted his son to get a formal education before he became an actor. “I completed my Standard 12 in Mumbai. Then I went to a film school in America although everyone suggested I go to business school. But I don’t think I ever could do anything apart from movies. My father supported that and agreed to send me to acting school,” he added. And thanks to all that affection, now we have the very popular Kapoor hunk, who manages to make his female fans go wild just with the flick of his towel! The Kapoor fathers must be happy…