Move over Ranbir, your dad's here to give you stiff competition. Rishi Kapoor, who recently bagged the Best Actor (Critics) Award for Do Dooni Char, certainly seems to be as busy (if not busier) than his son.
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Currently shooting for four films and awaiting his next release that promises to bring the cricket fever alive, Rishi talks to CS about his love for the sport and the changing face of Indian cinema:



My Cup of tea
I'm a huge cricket buff and I am thoroughly excited about the World Cup. I'm such a huge cricket fan that even if you wake me up to watch a match an 4am, I'll happily oblige. Having said that, I just hope we don't see an overdose of cricket happening in the country with the World Cup and the subsequent IPL matches. But for
now, I'm rooting for India and I truly hope we win.

Chak de India
My desire to see India win partly stems from the love for the sport and partly from a deep-rooted sense of patriotism. But my definition of patriotism is synonymous with what we saw in Rang De Basanti. I think that each of us has a responsibility towards achieving something for our country, even when the government lets us down. When we have a goal in mind, we can achieve it in our own strength, just like we saw in No one Killed Jessica, instead of depending on our leadership. To change this trend, it is important for the youth to have an opinion and to be the change themselves. It's heartening to see a marked change in the youth of today who're working towards changing the nation.

Filmy phases
Our film industry has also seen some changes. I'm not just talking about technical changes, but also the way we've started functioning as an industry. I feel lucky to belong to a period when even senior actors like us are given screen space. Earlier, Hindi films were totally youth-centric. While young romances continue to rule the roost, our industry has also brought in more elements to genres making them more 'plotty'. And life's become a lot comfortable for us actors. For one, you've now got vanity vans. In our time, we used to change clothes behind trees or run to the nearest loo. And thanks to technology, actors can get away with quite a bit. They don't have to fight lions or tigers, pull off the difficult stunts, etc. We had to rough it out. But the love for cinema has remained constant. The junta used to spend ' 2.50 to watch me in the theatres, now they shell out ' 250 to watch my son.