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Ranbir Kapoor is one of the biggest stars of Bollywood in recent times. The actor was launched by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Saawariya. But not many know Ranbir started his career being an assistant to the renowned filmmaker. He shared that Bhansali’s toughness towards him and other Ads in the movie Black hardened him in his life. The actor also recalled that the director was very short-tempered and he was not treated like a special kid on the sets. 

In a chat with Nikhil Kamath, Ranbir said “When I came back (to India), every director in the film industry wanted to launch me. But I was a big fan of Sanjay Leela Bhansali. I was like, ‘If every director wants to work with me, why isn’t Sanjay Leela Bhansali offering me a movie?’ Maybe he wasn’t aware of me. So, I made a resume and went and sat outside his office.”

He continued, “On the first day itself, he told me that he wanted to make a film with me, so my ambition was achieved right there. But those one-and-a-half years that I spent assisting on ‘Black’ was actually the biggest film school of my life.”

“He was a very hard taskmaster. We were working 14-15 hours a day. There were 10 other assistants, but I wasn’t treated like some special kid because of who I was. I was like everybody else. He was… very short-tempered. There was a lot of anger coming our way, and I think that really hardened me. It really prepared me for anything in life,” he added. 

Ranbir Kapoor will be next seen Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana as Lord Ram. It also features Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, Lara Dutta as Kaikeyi, Sunny Deol as Hanuman, Arun Govil as Dashrath and Ravi Dubey as Lakshman. The movie is all set to hit the screens in 2025.