A Bollywood gold standard: Anupama Chopra on Ranbir Kapoor

From Saawariya to Animal, there is an ineffable ease to each layered performance. To borrow a line, from Jerry Maguire, he had me at hello, Chopra says.

Earlier this month, Kareena Kapoor Khan was asked what has changed in the Kapoor family since she began her career 23 years ago. Speaking at an Indian Express event, she replied: “The actors have become better. There’s Ranbir Kapoor.”

In the 16 years since his debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya (2007), Ranbir has become a Bollywood gold standard. He is an artist you never catch “acting”. There is an ineffable ease to his performances, whether he is Ved (who