There was a time when Randhir Kapoor claimed his daughter Kareena Kapoor would not wish to have youngsters. “Aaj kal ke bachchon ko kisi se advice nahi chahiye (Kids these days don’t want advice from anyone). As long as she is happy with her life, I am happy too,” the Bollywood veteran stated in 2014.
Cut to 2022, and Kareena is having fun with a blissful household life with husband Saif Ali Khan and her two sons Taimur (2016) and Jeh (2021).
In an interview to Rediff, Randhir shared how he needed to work laborious to handle the bills of his household — spouse Babita and daughters Karisma and Kareena. “I wish I was young today. Aaj kal ke actors kitna saara paisa kamate hai (Today’s actors make a lot of money). We worked really hard to earn money. The tuition fees of my children, my electricity bills, Babita ke kharcha (wife Babita’s expenses), my scotch, was all paid from the money that I earned from acting in films.”
Randhir Kapoor along with his daughters Kareena Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor. (Photo: Karisma Kapoor/Instagram)
Today, Randhir’s rapport along with his daughters and son-in-law Saif Ali Khan is sort of a “normal family” and they don’t discuss work in any respect. “We do not advise anyone about their careers. We laugh, crack jokes and pull each other’s leg and talk about the things that are happening in our lives.”
Randhir, regardless of being separated from spouse Babita, has by no means shied away from speaking about his private life, elevating two daughters and the respect he and Babita nonetheless maintain for one another regardless of not being divorced. “Well, I still have just one wife and two daughters. Nothing around me has changed in all these years. The only thing that has is that I don’t live with them anymore. The girls are married and have their own homes. And Babita is in a happy space by herself. She’s not got married again and nor does she intend to, neither do I. She continues to be my wife and I continue to be her incorrigible, horrible husband. So be it!” he instructed TOI in 2016.
Randhir Kapoor stated his household by no means discusses work when they’re collectively.
“My youngsters are settled. In truth, each my daughters are wealthier than I’m and I hold asking them to undertake me as their father, in order that I may also be wealthy. I nonetheless meet Babita for dinner typically, we eat and chuckle. That is the best way we’re,” he added.
Randhir Kapoorwho turns 75 in the present day, might need a filmography boasting of memorable motion pictures like Jeet, Raampur Ka Lakshma, Jawani Diwani, Hamrahi, Haath Ki Safai, Ponga Pandit, Kasme Vaade, Mama Bhanja and Heeralal Pannalal, however Randhir’s lineage and surname has stored him in information extra usually throughout his final 5 a long time within the trade.
Son of Bollywood icon Raj Kapoor, Randhir stated his father was his finest pal with whom he may discuss something. “I may discuss to him about my girlfriends and my affairs overtly. He was non-interfering and by no means requested me how a lot cash I used to be incomes from a selected movie, or what movies I used to be engaged on,” he instructed Rediff.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
