My mom has never slapped me: Armaan Jain

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoaJBCDXhw_yXqvI-EaXEGdN9eJogRJC1hsrny-vxmRMp59ADx45dHBGwK3rehlBYEobrxYxwRcwFyIXiGLp5KCRiGMLNv-KXH2HgULUqRthUGkDxcCzNBz_r1gCmGFICxl6Gr7B8iTQC/s1600/armaan-jain_2_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoaJBCDXhw_yXqvI-EaXEGdN9eJogRJC1hsrny-vxmRMp59ADx45dHBGwK3rehlBYEobrxYxwRcwFyIXiGLp5KCRiGMLNv-KXH2HgULUqRthUGkDxcCzNBz_r1gCmGFICxl6Gr7B8iTQC/s1600/armaan-jain_2_0.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <b>My mom has never slapped me: Armaan Jain</b><br /> <b><br /></b> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New Delhi:</strong> Raj Kapoor’s grandson Armaan Jain, who is making his Bollywood debut in ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’, has revealed that he took 200 takes to get a slap scene correct in the love story.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The newcomer said he never got slapped by his mother Reema (Raj Kapoor’s daughter) so he could not get the right expression for the scene.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “I know slapping a son in a Bollywood film is quite common but for me it was not easy. My mom has never slapped me probably because I was one of the most decent kids. She kept me in a dark room if she was annoyed… But she never raised her hand. I was shocked when Anitaji (onscreen mother) slapped me for the first time,” Armaan told reporters.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Armaan belongs to Bollywood’s first film family but he said he never took help from any of his actor cousins – Ranbir, Karisma and Kareena — to get his first break in the industry.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’, also starring Deeksha Seth, has been directed by Arif Ali while Kareena’s husband Saif Ali Khan has co-produced the film. The film will release this Friday.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Armaan says he bagged the role in Saif’s production on his own and shared the news later with Kareena.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “People think that when we cousins meet we talk about films but it’s a misconception. We talk about everything under the sun but films.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “I gave the audition for ‘Lekar Hum Deewana Dil’ without telling any one in the family. When Arif sir selected me for the film, I called up didi (Kareena) and broke the news to her that I am the next actor of their production,” he said.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Though he was born after the death of Raj Kapoor, Armaan says his mother kept his grandfather’s memory alive through his films.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">  </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17.920000076293945px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> “My mother always shares stories of my grandfather. My masi (Ritu Nanda) had also written a book on him and we all read it. As a kid, I used to watch his films like ‘Mera Naam Joker’ and I used to think he was a clown in real life too,” he said.</div> </div>

My mom has never slapped me: Armaan Jain

My mom has never slapped me: Armaan Jain New Delhi:  Raj Kapoor’s grandson Armaan Jain, who is making his Bollywood debut in ‘Lekar...

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