`Working with Ranbir is addictive`

Besides a link with Kareena Kapoor , Saif Ali Khan and Ranbir Kapoor have another factor in common. And the ‘link’, if we may call director Siddharth Anand that, is in a dilemma - his loyalty to the two stars, both pretty perfect for the films that he makes.

Both Ranbir and Saif stars are very close to Siddharth. In fact before Siddharth did two back-to-back films Bachna Ae Haseenon and Anjaana Anjaani with his childhood friend Ranbir, he’d done his first two films Salaam Namaste and Tara Rum Pum with Saif. So close were the two that the young director had vowed he would never make a film without Saif.

Spoken too soon! Ranbir and Bachna Ae Haseenon changed Siddharth’s priorities, much to the possessive Saif’s dismay.

Says a source, “Saif and Siddharth Anand were quite a team. And Saif had many ideas about how they could collaborate further. Then Siddharth’s family friend and childhood -buddy Ranbir came into the picture. Even Ranbir and Siddharth’s parents are friends. In fact the two are so close that Ranbir broke his one-film-onedirector rule and did two films with him.”

But then Siddharth is also very close to Saif and was troubled by the fact that he had alienated Saif for Ranbir.

Says the source, “After doing one film with Ranbir, Siddharth wanted to cast Saif and Ranbir together in the film to be produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. But that didn’t work out. Siddharth instead ended up making Anjaana Anjaani with Ranbir and Priyanka for Sajid.”

Siddharth admits working with Ranbir is addictive. He is already scripting a third film for Ranbir. But before that, a moral obligation gravitates Siddharth towards another film with Saif.

Says Siddharth, “Yes, working with Ranbir is addictive. Once you work with him you want to work over and over again. But Saif is also a favourite, and he’s also a close friend. So yes, I’m doing a film with Saif early next year, followed by another film with Ranbir.”

Having said that, Siddharth Anand seems to be caught in a perennial dilemma. Both Saif and Ranbir are his close friends and the twain shall never come together.

Remember Ranbir’s resolution to do only solo starrers? Saif too needs to consolidate his position as a solo hero. To tear away from Ranbir and do a film with Saif would be a tough call for the director.