Ranbir Kapoor recalls dealing with parents Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor’s fights alone because sister had been sent away: ‘I’m not as close to her’

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Describing himself as a ‘detached’ person, Ranbir said that he couldn’t bond closely with Riddhima when they were growing up, but is learning to change after the birth of his daughter, Raha. “She’s married in Delhi, she has a beautiful 13-year-old, her name is Samara. I love my brother-in-law. Great, super guy. His name is Bharat. She’s happy, she’s in a good space. I’m happy for her, but I’m not as close to her as I’d like to be. It goes back to being that indifferent, detached person,” he said.  Ranbir agreed that he has always had an ‘avoidant’ attachment style. “Now that I have a daughter, it’s making me question that detachment and indifference. I feel like I’ve just been reborn. The 40 years I’d lived before  her was another life,” he said.

Looking back on his troubled relationship with his father, and his traumatic childhood, Ranbir said that he was exposed to his parents’ fights growing up. Asked if he ever intervened between them, he said, “Of course, many a time. The thing is, it also just happened when my sister left for her further education, so she wasn’t around, and I felt more responsible. My mother really used to talk to me a lot about her feelings, but my father wasn’t an expressive person. So, I never understood his point of view.”

Ranbir also spoke about his relationship with his wife, Alia Bhatt, his career, his public image, and several other subjects during the two-hour conversation. It marked a rare occasion where he was being interviewed outside of regular film promotions.