Rishi Kapoor responds to Ranbir-Mahira's viral image, defends son

On Thursday night, pictures of Ranbir Kapoor and 'Raees' actress Mahira Khan smoking outside a restaurant in New York went viral on social media. In no time, the pictures broke the Internet. The actress faced a lot of criticism for her choice of clothes and smoking, further questioning her dignity. She was wearing a white backless dress, whereas Ranbir Kapoor was seen sporting a grey t-shirt with military green pants and smoking.

Seems like the person who is most agitated after the leak is Ranbir Kapoor's dad, senior actor Rishi Kapoor. Hindustan Times contacted Rishi Kapoor and tried querying about the leaked pictures, to which he replied via text message to them,"I have also seen the picture this morning itself. It doesn't concern me, so please keep me out. Ask the one who is there in the picture."

Further in a brief chat with Hindustan Times, senior Kapoor said, "I only saw them on Twitter, not on Instagram or Facebook, because I am only on Twitter. It's not that I saw these pictures before or I know anything about this already. You see, Ranbir is a young star, he is unmarried, he's a bachelor. He can meet anybody whoever he wants to, and if people are going to invade his privacy, it's not done. And I can't say anything about all this because he's a young man and he has the choice of meeting any girl." Known for bluntly putting out his opinion, daddy Kapoor said that he fails to understand why people try invading into a person's personal life and makes an issue out of it. "How do we know that here's something more to this picture? He could have met her just outside there. They must have been in a restaurant or a place where they cannot smoke, that's why they are smoking outside. In the US, they have really strict rules that don't allow smoking in public places. I can't say anything more because I don't know anything more than that," concluded Rishi Kapoor.