Ranbir Kapoor talks at the 55th edition of IIFI Goa announced a Raj Kapoor Film Festival to be held across the country as a tribute to the Legacy of the Mega Showman of Indian Cinema. The film festival will be showcasing restored movies of his grandfather and the veteran filmmaker Raj Kapoor will be held across the country to celebrate his birth centenary in December.

Ranbir Kapoor boasts of an illustrious family of filmmakers and actors starting from his great grandfather legendary Prithviraj Kapoor, his grandfather Raj Kapoor and his parents Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh.  Ranbir undoubtedly has a formidable admiration for the legendary actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor revered as the biggest showman of the Indian Film Industry, who has been his inspiration in not only acting but filmmaking.

In an insightful conversation with Rahul Rawail celebrating the legacy of Raj Kapoor, Ranbir shares the inspirations, he took from his grandfather Raj Kapoor’s huge legacy of Films especially ‘Shree 420’ being his all-time favourite film. He said, “I love the vagabond who has the stars in his eyes in Shree 420, its story, frames,music and performances, everything which speaks to me.”

When asked if he would like to try to do a remake of any of his grandfather’s classics, Ranbir said, “I don’t believe in film remakes, but if I have to choose to have a new take on one of his movies, it would be his black-and-white classic "Shree 420".