The Romantics, a world docuseries honouring director Yash Chopra, YRF’s legacy, and its affect on Indian popular culture over the previous 50 years, will embody a portion on late Rishi Kapoor, a legendary determine in Hindi movie. In cult hits like Kabhi Kabhie, Chandni, Jab Tak Hai Jaan (by which he was paired together with his spouse Neetu Kapoor), Fanaa, and so on., the legendary Rishi Kapoor labored intently with Yash Chopra and later Aditya Chopra.The Romantics options Rishi Kapoor discussing his shut relationship with Yash Chopra and what made them one of the crucial adored director-actor groups in Hindi cinema, significantly the romantic classics. Smriti Mundhra responds, the director, shares, “Rishi Kapoor was not solely an iconic actor, he carried with him an encyclopaedic data of the Hindi movie business. On the day of our interview, which might be his final, he was characteristically charming, erudite, and desirous to reminisce. His dying represents the lack of a major piece of cinema historical past, and I’ll ceaselessly be thankful for the insights, anecdotes, and perspective he shared.”Â
35 individuals who have intently collaborated with YRF over the course of its 50-year illustrious existence, together with megastars like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, and Anushka Sharma, will even be featured on this four-part docuseries. They will collectively delve into the historical past of Hindi movie via the prism of YRF’s affect on the event of the business, the creation of main stars, and their world recognition because of their ground-breaking and generation-defining movies.
The trailer of The Romantics has been broadly appreciated and can be launched on February 14 on OTT. The Romantics has been directed by Oscar & Emmy-nominated filmmaker, Smriti Mundhra.