Look who's helping Ranbir
Tinselville's abuzz with loose talk about actor Ranbir Kapoor being on a dating spree. And while rumours of his alleged link-ups with one babe after another are providing enough fodder to keep the gossip-mongers busy, Ranbir himself is least bothered about them.
The actor, insist his friends, has instead decided to let the rumours die a natural death, and has immersed himself completely into work. But another source reveals that this was actually on the advice of papa Rishi Kapoor and mom Neetu.
While the Sr Kapoors have never interfered in Ranbir's personal life or doled out the kind of advice most filmi parents are known to give their kids, this time around, apparently mom Neetu's had to step into the picture. According to sources, Neetu has always been a hands-on-mom, but never over-protective.
"She has full faith in her children and believes that they have been brought up in a very cultured and refined manner. So, she's never had the need to advice Ranbir on his personal matters unless he asked for help," says the source. In fact, Neetu herself in the past has always maintained this. "I think Ranbir is matured and sensible enough to understand and sort out his own personal life. He knows we are always there for him, but we let him handle his own personal choices and we are proud of him too," she had said earlier.
However, with Ranbir getting linked with almost every new face, things are apparently getting uncomfortable on the home front too. "While Neetu knows that such link-ups are mostly untrue and just a part and parcel of being an actor, she did have a talk with Ranbir, asking him not to pay heed to such idle talk or let them fan it more and instead concentrate on his work," the source added.
What made Neetu step in this time was the pressures of having to keep denying talk of one girl after another being tagged as the next Kapoor bahu in her own circle of friends and family too.
"Things were getting a little out of control this time. So when they had a heart-to-heart chat with Ranbir, they advised him to just concentrate on his work and not let this affect his focus," added the source. And it seems like beta Ranbir has taken the advice rather seriously too. The star is now trying to lie low and instead concentrate on the shooting of Barfee, which is in itself no mean role.
Source: Aakanksha Naval-Shetye, DNA-Daily News & Analysis