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Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor did not tell anyone in the industry about being actor Pankaj Kapur’s son when he began his acting career. He took the decision because he wanted to be “loyal” to his mother Neelima Azeem, with whom he was living after her divorce from Pankaj Kapur. Pankaj Kapur and Neelima Azeem got divorced in 1984 after being married for nine years.
Speaking to Mid-Day, Shahid shared that only a few people knew that he was Pankaj’s son when he started out in the industry. “I was very proud that I was doing it without really being known as an established actor’s kid or actually calling people who your father has worked with because that kind of gives you in. None of that happened with me,” Shahid said.
He added, “I was living with my mom, I was very loyal. I was like I don’t want to… I know that’s my dad and we had a great equation, but I told my mom, ‘I want to do it on my own, I don’t want to tell anyone anything.’ Teenagers are like that.”
Shahid and Pankaj didn’t have much interaction with each other until Shahid moved to Mumbai with his mother. “My father was not in Delhi, so I would probably see him once a year till I turned 10 and shifted to Bombay. By nature of distance, the interaction was limited. Once I moved to Bombay, I had more time in and around.. we found our groove,” the Udta Punjab star shared.
During the conversation, Shahid also revealed that he had a “traumatic” experience because of his father’s show Karamchand. The television show had Pankaj essaying the role of an astute detective and was called India’s version of Sherlock Holmes.
Shahid recalled his father coming to Delhi and taking him out to Nirulas where the fans of Karamchand thronged them. Narrating the incident, the actor said, “I had a traumatic experience because of it. My dad had come to Delhi and he wanted to take me out. He took me out to Nirulas in Delhi and we were eating there when people started crowding around him. Then one by one people started bringing carrots and I have this memory like a wide angle shot of a lot of people with a carrot, ‘Ye humaare haath se khaa lo’ (eat this from our hand).”
Being a reserved person, Pankaj Kapur got offended by the behaviour of his fans. “My dad is a very reserved person. He is a serious actor and he takes his acting very seriously even when he is doing comedy. He was like, ‘Ye kya kar rahe hain aap, main apne bete ke saath pizza kha raha hun’. (What are you guys doing? I am eating a pizza with my son here). And we had to run away from there. He held my hand and just said, ‘Beta, let’s run.’ I remember I was like, ‘This is pathetic’,” Shahid shared.
After that day, Shahid decided he won’t go out with his father as he was “traumatised” by the incident.
After Neelima Azeem, Pankaj Kapur married Supriya Pathak. He has two children with her, Ruhaan Kapoor and Sana Kapoor.
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