Producer turned filmmaker Divya Kumar, made a dazzling debut in direction with the film 'Yaariyan'. The film turned out to be a blockbuster, much to the satisfaction of its director Divya who had donned the director's hat for the first time.

The overwhelming success encouraged her to sign another film as a director. The talked about film titled 'Sanam Re' is a love story which stars actor Pulkit Samrat. But she wanted yet another star in her film to complete the cast.

The film had a vacant spot of a elderly character of a grandfather. And for this she wanted Rishi Kapoor to play the part. Her producer cum husband Bhushan Kumar explained that it's impossible to convince him to play a grandfather to him.

"Since I know Rishiji, Divya asked me if I would ask him to consider playing a dada's role in her film. My first reaction was that Rishiji, being a big star, would ask for big money and given that Divya's film is a small budgeted film, I was not comfortable asking him. Yet, I was at his house and reluctantly decided to ask him. Rishiji immediately said, 'Divya is like my daughter, being your wife and I would have done it for free had it been a father's role, but dada ka role main kissi keemat pe nahi karoonga," he said recalling his meeting withe the veteran.

Bhushan further explained what happened next and how they finally managed to have Rishi Kapoor on board. "After he refused, I pushed my luck with him and said, 'Just for her satisfaction, can she please come and present her script to you?' A few days later, Rishiji came to our office, heard the script from Divya and then came into my room to say, 'I will play dada only," he added the confirming about how the superstar finally agreed to play a grandfather on screen.