Rishi Kapoor Slams Director Anurag Basu for 'Jagga Jasoos'

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Actor Ranbir Kapoor's father Rishi Kapoor launched a blistering attack on Anurag Basu, director of his son's new film Jagga Jasoos, calling him 'irresponsible' in an interview with mid-day.

 Over the years in the making, endlessly delayed, repeatedly shelved - the wait for Jagga Jasoos rivaled the fabled literary wait for Godot.

Unlike the existentially ambiguous Godot, however, Jagga Jasoos, starring Ranbir and Katrina Kaif, did finally arrive, releasing in theatres two Fridays ago (not without drama, more on that below). 

Reviews were good, business was not. And while Ranbir, also the producer, has diplomatically refrained from publicly censuring his director (Anurag Basu directed Ranbir in the very successful Barfi! some years ago), Rishi Kapoor has denounced the behind-the-scenes action in his trademark outspoken style. 

His dad isn't as forgiving. "He (Anurag) is such an irresponsible director that he doesn't complete the film. It was supposed to release three times in the past two years, but it kept getting delayed," Rishi Kapoor told mid-day. 

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