Shahid Kapoor says he was a ‘little embarrassed’ when he first met Mira Rajput: ‘I was 34 and she was all of 20’

He added, “That was the first thing that I was like, ‘Wow, she is all of 20 years old and she is just so normal and she really doesn’t care’. Because you can make out the difference when you meet people who are acting like they don’t care but they are very affected.”

In an earlier chat with Humans of Bombay, Shahid had spoken about the “schizophrenic reality” he was living when he met Mira. “I was open to meeting someone I could settle down with. My biggest concern was I have a very schizophrenic reality – one side is all spiritual, meditation, no alcohol, and the other side is all about my acting and glamour. So, I thought the girl would understand only either of the two. That’s when I met Mira,” he said.

In the same interview, Shahid said that Mira has a “strong individual personality” and she did not care that he was an actor. “It wasn’t a major factor for her and I think that’s what I crave. I crave normalcy. Because I am always surrounded by people who first see me as a star, you want to have a normal personal life,” he said.

Shahid and Mira got married in 2015. They have two children – daughter Misha and son Zain.