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Rajesh Khatter admits stepson Shahid Kapoor has never met his son Yuvaan: ‘The kids will have to work it out’

Rajesh Khattar spoke about his son Yuvaan's relationship with Ishaan Khatter and Shahid Kapoor, and said that going forward, it will be up to the younger generation to decide what sort of equation they want to share with each other.

shahid kapoorShahid Kapoor (right) lived with his former stepfather Rajesh Khattar (center) for 11 years. (Photo: Rajesh Khattar/Instagram)
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Actor Rajesh Khattar spoke about the equation that he shares with son Ishaan Khatter, his ex-wife Neliima Azeem’s son Shahid Kapoor, and said that he can proudly call himself a ‘good father’. Shahid spent a majority of his youth living with Rajesh and his mother Neliima, before they separated in 2001. Ishaan was born in 1995.

In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, he said that Ishaan his four-year-old son Yuvaan share a ‘nice’ bond, and that Ishaan was at the hospital the day after Yuvaan was born. But he also admitted that Shahid, who basically grew up in his house, hasn’t yet met Yuvaan, and neither have his children, Misha and Zain.

Asked about the relationship that Ishaan has with Yuvaan, he said, “It’s nice. There’s a big age difference, he’s like a child to Ishaan. He calls him ‘chhote’. And Ishaan is so busy, he’s been away for more than a month, and he isn’t going to be back for another month, so they don’t get to meet too often.”

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But Rajesh Khattar said that Shahid hasn’t yet met Yuvaan, and neither have his kids. Asked if he’d like that to happen, he said, “If it happens, yes, of course. See, the thing is, this aspect of it, the kids will have to work it out. You can’t complicate it for them. They will have to work out their lives from here on. We should try and simplify it as much as possible for them… They will find their equation, if they have to. Or if they want to.”

In the same interview, he also spoke about why Ishaan doesn’t mention him too often in public. He said that the impression in the media doesn’t matter to him, and at no point could Ishaan have felt that his father isn’t a phone call away. He said that in hindsight, he can call himself a good father to Ishaan, Shahid and Yuvaan.

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