WATCH | Did You Know Ranbir Kapoor Acted In Oscar-Nominated Short Film ‘Karma’ Before ‘Saawariya’?

Ranbir Kapoor starred in a short film before making his debut in the Hindi film industry as a lead actor. The short film titled ‘Karma’ was also nominated at the Oscars.

Ranbir Kapoor’s Oscar Nominated Short Film ‘Karma’ (Image courtesy - Bandra Film Festival/YouTube)

Mumbai: Ranbir Kapoor is one of the most popular and loved actors of this generation. Starting his acting career in the Hindi film industry with the 2007 Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie ‘Saawariya’, Ranbir has established himself as one of the finest artists of Bollywood. Many people do not know that before starting his career as an actor, Ranbir worked with SLB in the 2005 movie ‘Black’ as an assistant director. But, did you know that the ‘Brahmastra’ actor starred in a short film before making his debut in Bollywood?

Ranbir Kapoor starred in a short film before making his debut in the Hindi film industry as a lead actor. The short film titled ‘Karma’ was also nominated at the Oscars. Ranbir Kapoor starred in this short film while he was studying at the film institute with Abhay Chopra, who is the grandson of filmmaker BR Chopra. This drama is set in the time of the anti-capitalist punishment revolutions and the plot of the story revolves around a father’s dilemma when his own son gets a death sentence.

Ranbir Kapoor can be seen starring in the role of the son in the short film ‘Karma’ and Sharat Saxena can be seen illustrating the role of the father. The duration of ‘Karma’ is around 26 minutes and has been released on the YouTube channel of Bandra Film Festival.

Watch the short film here:

‘Karma’ has been directed, written and edited by Abhay Chopra.

Meanwhile, Ranbir Kapoor will be next seen starring in Ayan Mukerji’s ‘Brahmastra’ alongside Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan and Nagarjuna Akkineni. He also has ‘Shamshera’, ‘Animal’ and the untitled Luv Ranjan movie in his kitty.

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