Ranbir books Mercedes for dad

Ranbir Kapoor was planning it for a long time. His preparations are finally coming to a culmination. The actor who made his debut last year decided to gift dad Rishi Kapoor an S Class Mercedes. And before he left for a shooting spell in Switzerland recently, he booked the car for papa dearest.

Before leaving for the shooting schedule for Bachna Ae Haseenon with Bipasha Basu, he was heard telling his sister and close friends that he wanted to buy his dad a car. However, Ranbir hadn’t decided if he should get a BMW or a Merc. He finally made a call after sister Riddhima suggested a Merc.”

The model Ranbir has chosen is in the range close to Rs 90 lakh. What makes Ranbir’s gift sweeter is that it’s a non-occasion gift. The doting son is very close to his parents. And now that he’s earning in the crore-plus bracket, he wants to spend some of that money on his parents.

The car will be delivered to Ranbir once he returns from his Swiss schedule. Ranbir has initially planned to keep it a surprise, but the whole idea went kaput when Rishi sneaked up on one of his conversations. “It isn’t a surprise anymore, but Rishi is definitely thrilled to get a gift from his son.”

Tushar Joshi