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Ranbir Kapoor Has Carved His Own Niche In The Film Industry Completes 15 Years With 5 Path Breaking Performances

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Ranbir Kapoor Has Carved His Own Niche In The Film Industry Completes 15 Years With 5 Path Breaking Performances

Ranbir Kapoor who recently welcomed his first child with wife Alia Bhatt has no doubt carved a niche in the film industry with his power packed performance over the years. Lets take a look at some of his best performances.


Ranbir Kapoor who had joined as the chocolate faced hero in Rocket Singh :Salesman of the year in 2009 . The film directed by Shimit Aman had no-frills, a comedy film that followed the journey of a salesman. The film had great reviews for his performance as an average student who had a gifted mind to set up his own business !! The film did not do well financially at the box office.


Followed by his first film he was Sid in a film that was a coming of age drama in the film Wake Up Sid released in 2009 with the talented dusky Konkona Sen Sharma directed by Ayan Mukherji . While not a powerful role , but it appealed to youngsters as it portrayed the struggle a youngster goes through to grow up and figure out themselves.  


Rockstar was his film released in 2011 in which he essays as a rock star singer Janardhan aka Jordan and is seen with his trademark long hair and ruffled looks and is in a self destruction mode after a heartbreak that didn’t go well with him emotionally.  Ranbir brought his character alive in this Imtiaz Ali directed film. Co starring with him was Nargis Fakhri and this film amidst his others is considered as one of Ranbir’s best works till date.


Barfi released in 2012 was a subdued film that does not show a disability as a burden. Ranbir in this film had convinced his fans and audience as the young deaf and mute lovable Barfi with childlike innocence with his infectious warmth and the energy of living life to the fullest even with his disabilities  An inspiring film shot in the picturesque Darjeeling the film is directed by Anurag Basu. The film follows the journey of two women in his life, Jhilmil aka Priyanka Chopra and Shruti essayed by
IleanaD’Cruz.


The biographical film Sanju released in 2018 was based on Sanjay Dutt had lot of controversy when director Rajkumar Hirani showcased Ranbir Kapoor as Sanjay Dutt. The film is biopic on the controversial life, right from his drug abuse to the TADA arrest, Ranbir Kapoor did full justice to the role as he put in so much life into the role that the there was a very little line between the reality and the screen fiction that faded with his performance that the audience could actually visualize Sanjay Dutt on screen.