/> If Anil's ever-grin persona is even more prominent these days it's because the Belgian premiere of his first production Gandhi My Father has fetched him a huge amount of charitable resources.

Reveals Anil proudly, "Satish Gujral's painting depicting Gandhiji and his son Harilal was auctioned for 65,000 dollars. A gentleman from Dubai bought it. Plus we've collected 120,000 dollars more for charity.

10-15 percent of the money will go to the Basket Giants. As you might know there's ethnic strife in Belgium. The only arena where all the races and communities come together is sports, hence our donation to basketball.

Gandhi My Father is also doing its best to bring communities together. Gandhiji's ideology of nation-first-family-later is really connecting with audiences."

In November Gandhi My Father goes to Tokyo for a premiere.

While officially Anil Kapoor is in Antwerp this week for his film's premiere, there was another not-so-public visit made to nearby Amsterdam on Thursday for medical reasons.

On Thursday, Anil drove down from Antwerp to Amsterdam to meet a doctor, Speaking from the land of Tulips, Anil Kapoor says, "It's my ankles. They've been giving me inflammation problems for fifteen years now. I've to go through this endoscopy and various other rests.

We had decided to hold the European premiere of Gandhi My Father in Belgium. By chance I met Dr Anand Joshi who's the only doctor in the world who treats my ailment. He told me in Mumbai to come and see him in Amsterdam when I was in Antwerp. So here I am.

It was just a short drive. The doctor had no time till next month. But I insisted. I hope he finally cures me. Right now I'm ankle-deep in trouble," laughs Anil.

On a cheerful note the Belgium premiere of his film went like a charm. "Gandhi My Father has changed my life. It's connecting with people all over the world. The film's journey has begun.

Wherever we've gone with the film it's got a standing ovation. I feel everything I've done in the past pales in comparison. I made a truthful film with no conventional trappings. I've never seen anything like this before in my entire career of 35 years."

The premiere in Antwerp held at the posh Metropolis had an almost all-European attendance. However the film's protagonist Akshaye Khanna was conspicuous by his absence.

"Akshaye couldn't come because he was shooting for my production Short Cut in Mumbai. However other members of the cast Darshan Jariwala, Shefali Shah and my director Feroz Abbas Khan are with me."

As producer,Anil Kapoor has fluid plans. "If I get ten exciting scripts in one year I'd produce them all. If I get just one exciting script in ten years, I'm fine by that too. But my Gandhi director Feroz Khan is my creative partner in everything I do now. All my productions in the future will have directors working for themselves, not for me."