Now the Bollywood’s new chocolate boy Ranbir Raj Kapoor has decided to taste direction path to revive its grandfather’s R K Films’ flagging banner.

And, if Neetu and Rishi Kapoor’s loving son is to be trusted, he would have started a home production earlier, only he had already accepted lots of acting work outside.

Ranbir said, “My plan got delayed, but now I’m working on it.”

“Things will fall into place very shortly. I’ll star in the film and direct it. Is that too much responsibility?” Yes, it certainly is! “But I don’t think so,” he also said. “I’m passionate about being a director. I’ve lots to say. And I hope audiences accept me as a director as much as they have as an actor.”

Raj Kapoor would love his eagerness. For Ranbir, it is obvious that his home production will be a grand celebration of Indian cinema.

“It will bring a smile to the face, a tear to the eye, that RK Films was famous for,” he promised. But Papa Rishi might not find a spot in it. “We get lots of offers to act together, and I’d love to share camera space with him, but Dad’s busy with several acting assignments,” Ranbir diclosed.

Comparisons with Rishi Kapoor, that Prince of Romance in the action age of angry young man Big B and he-man Dharmendra, are unavoidable.

However, Ranbir stated, “I’m not making a conscious effort to walk in my father’s footsteps, though he’s my favourite actor and I don’t mind being compared with him. But I don’t act or dance like him, I want to be myself on screen.”

While talking about his latest release ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’, he said that his character, apparently, was written with King Khan in mind.

He admitted, “Aditya Chopra had the script for some time. When the role was offered to me, I grabbed it, I wanted to be part of something that was so young, so today.”

Not to mention, the chance to work with Bipasha, Minissha and Deepika.

“In Saawariyan, I didn’t get the girl, so God made up for that,” he joked. Who was he best with on screen? “I cringe when I see myself on screen, so I avoid looking, but people have liked my rapport with Bipasha,” he said. Yes, there was also a role for Katrina Kaif in the film, but her character apparently was omitted from the final script. Does he regret that? “Why should I,” Ranbir asked, “I’ll have plenty of other opportunities to work with Katrina.”

Meanwhile, he’s accepted Ayaan Mukherjee’s Wake Up Sid to look forward to. The shooting work starts in October and the movie is slated to wind up by January next year (2009).

Ranbir is happy to work with the multi-talented actress Konkana Sensharma. Moreover, he’s also got films by Raj Kumar Santoshi, Shimit Amin and Prakash Jha.

“I’m listening to one script every day. But my aim is not superstardom. My target is to achieve what my grandfather did,” Ranbir said.

Raj Kapoor must also be proud and hopeful!