Anil Kapoor says it is always difficult to cast a big name as a male lead in a female-fronted project. The 62-year-old actor, who has worked in films like Beta, Judaai and Laadla, which had stronger female characters, says early in his career he was advised by industry insiders to not take up movies in which the heroine had a "better or equal role".

"When I did films like "Judaai" and few others a lot of industry people would wonder and get shocked at the same time that 'why I am doing films in which the role of a heroine is better than mine or maybe equal?'. That was the mindset of a few people.