'Failures taught me more than success': Bollywood star Ranbir

Mumbai: Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor said that his failures had taught him more than his success.

Saying that he is running his own race, the star kid said, "... when you have a failure, you understand, you introspect and come to perspective."

With a career which spans more than 15 years, Ranbir debuted in the industry with 'Saawariya' in 2007. He later churned out hits like 'Bachna Ae Haseeno', 'Wake Up Sid!', 'Rockstar', 'Barfi!', 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani', 'Tamasha', 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' etc., later.

In an interview with IANS, when he was asked about when he felt he was a star, Ranbir said, "My first film itself was a very big disaster, the disaster-ness was celebrated, but somewhere as an actor and artiste, I had a deep conviction that flops and hits won't matter to me. That gave me confidence."

"I have never felt competitive towards anybody. I have never felt that I am better or worse than anybody. I feel like I am running my own race. I feel like I have very strong views on how and what I want to do in my life, the kind of films I want to do."

"The kind of characters I want to portray, and of course, I am going to see a lot of failures. Whenever your films work, I promise you the only feeling you get is 'phew!' till the next one." he said.

He said, "I have had a very blessed 15-year career, and I have a lot of self-confidence in myself that I am the best ofcourse I don't like to put that energy out and say it, but I tell myself I am the best because that keeps me going."

Before making it big as a Bollywood star, Ranbir worked behind the camera as an assistant director for filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali in the 2005 film 'Black' starring Amitabh Bachchan.

Ranbir worked as an assistant director with Sanjay Leela Bhansali in his 2005 film 'Black', starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherji.

Whether behind the camera experience serve any advantage as an actor?

Ranbir says, "More than being in a film school, I learnt from being on a film set. When I assisted Mr Bhansali in 'Black' that one-year period, that taught me so much about movies. I saw actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji perform. I was seeing Mr Bhansali directing a movie."

According to him, the experience was really grounded.

"I come from a little bit of a sheltered film family, so going out - and Mr Bhansali is a hard task master, if you make a mistake, he will reprimand you in front of everybody - I think that kind of training was important for someone like me. So, it prepared me for any failure in the world," he said.