Rani Mukerji opened up about working with her late father-in-law, director Yash Chopra on the sets of Veer-Zaara. The actress played a lawyer in the film headlined by Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta film. While it was revealed in the past that Yash Chopra had scolded Rani and Shah Rukh during the making, the actress has now revealed that she was surprised to learn that Yash loved food as much as he loved films. In a new interview, Rani revealed that during the making of Veer-Zaara, the filmmaker would not only discuss shots but also food.
“Working with Yash Chopra was a completely surreal moment for me in my life because he is a director who I really admired and then I watched him on set and he was really childlike. When he directed Veer-Zaara, I’m sure he must have been in his 70s but he was the youngest man on set,” she told Pinkvilla.
“The way he used to show his passion for cinema, he was equally passionate about food and I love the way that he gave importance to food so every day after we discussed the scene of the day, the discussion was what is there for nashta (breakfast) and I think that was very very shocking to me because I saw a man and I realized people who love food are really passionate,” she added.
“I completely related with that because I’m from a Bengali family and we are all about food all the time. We only talking about food and here I meet a Punjabi filmmaker who’s also obsessed with food and I think that really got me going that here’s a man who is Mr Yash Chopra who does not take himself so seriously you know,” Rani said.
“He is on set, he’s the youngest man on set and he is very nonchalant. So it is not as if he is trying to get the best shot out of you so he’s serious or anything. He’s absolutely normal, not taking himself too seriously and I think that is what really inspired me about that man and I said maybe because of this, his actors are so so much at ease when they are shooting,” she said.
Yash Chopra died in 2012. His last film was Jab Tak Hai Jaan released shortly after his death. Meanwhile, Rani married Yash’s son, filmmaker Aditya Chopra in 2014 and welcomed their daughter, Adira, a year later. The couple remains private about their personal lives.
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