New Delhi, Jul 28 (PTI) Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his oratory skills and "magnetic charm" but ruled out himself from taking the political plunge. The "Animal" actor was in conversation with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath on his "People by WTF" podcast. While he doesn't think much about politics, Ranbir said he remembers his first acquaintance with the prime minister back in 2019 when he and other industry colleagues, including now wife Alia Bhatt, "Sanju" co-star Vicky Kaushal and producer Karan Johar, met Modi in New Delhi.
"When I first went to meet our prime minister four-five years ago along with other young actors and directors...
You see him on television, you see how he talks. "He's a great orator. But I remember the moment when we were sitting and he walked in.
.. He's got this magnetic charm about him," the actor said during the podcast which aired on Saturday.
Ranbir was part of the star-studded delegation in 2019 that met Modi and also included Ranveer Singh, Bhumi Pednekar, Ayushmann Khurrana, Sidharth Malhotra, Ekta Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Varun Dhawan, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, and Rohit Shetty. At what was described as a "courtesy meeting", Ranveer had clicked a group selfie with the prime minister which soon went viral on social media. Ranbir, whose late actor father Rishi Kapoor was undergoing treatment for leukaemia at the time, said the prime minister spoke to each member of the delegation about something "personal.