•Shekhar Gupta: Hello and welcome to walk the talk. I am shekhar gupta and my guest this week is a film star who is not just an evergreen filmstar but who actually gets younger with age. And almost at my age anil kapoor romances teenagers…

Anil Kapoor: I think I am elder to you

•Shekhar Gupta: Just a little bit. But I’ll take that, if I could look like you and get away with it

Anil Kapoor: Well, its wonderful to meet you, shekhar saab and great to be in delhi

•Wonderful to chat with you and….I know there’s big excitement now with Slumdog and etc, etc and all you’ve done. But you know meanwhile we can’t let this forget people that anil kapoor is the one of the most durable stars in the last 20 years or so, in fact almost 30 years now

Yes, well

•You made your debut in 1979 at the age of 18.

Seventeen, seventeen. Yeah 79. that was I started with bit role in little bit of south Indian films and then I became, you know, by mistake I became a reel man, by mistake I became a hero

•By mistake you became a funny man, by mistake you became a quiz master

Galti se. I never really seeked for anything.

•You became a quiz master where someone else missed it ….shah rukh didn’t take that role….

Aamir ne bhola bhaiyya…you know…whenever you refuse any films…shah rukh, aamir, ….tho sab mere paas bejo….

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