Dressed in a plain white kurta, Ranbir Kapoor is at ease taking on the playboy tag even as he chats about Imtiaz Ali's Rockstar, and working with ex-flame Deepika Padukone in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

It has been a year since your last release, Anjaana Anjaani. Why are you so choosy?
I am not choosy. It's been three and a half years in the industry, and I have already done seven films! I don't want to do films just for the sake of it. Money is never my driving force. I should instinctively want to do a film.


I always wanted to work with Imtiaz Ali, and when he offered me the script of Rockstar, I liked both the script and my character. It has taken a while to make this film, because it encompasses a 10-year journey. All of us surrendered ourselves to this film and I didn't sign anything else.

You reportedly said Rockstar is a tragic love story.
My sentence was misconstrued. It's primarily a love story, a journey between Heer and Janardhan Jakhar. It is also about Janardhan's musical journey; he becomes an iconic rockstar. He is an immature guy, who has been told that if one wants to become a great artiste, one has to suffer heartbreak. He then seeks heartbreak, but when he finally succeeds in being heartbroken, ironically, he doesn't want to be a rockstar anymore.