Stories of actor and filmmaker fathers launching their children through their own production houses aren’t unheard of. But in the early 2000s, when Shahid Kapoor decided to become an actor, he decided to not take his father Pankaj Kapur’s help. The former has often spoken about how he kept his father’s identity a secret from filmmakers during his struggling days in Mumbai. He also said that the veteran actor was ‘a very proud man’ to ask for help from his colleagues to launch him.
Ahead of the release of Binny And Family, News18 Showsha catches up with Kapur, who opens up on his decision to not back his elder son. “I learned something from my father. When a youngster is growing up, they have to make decisions on their own. They can consult with and take suggestions from their family but the decision has to be their own. If you fall and flop, you should get up and say that the mistakes you made were your own,” he tells us.
The IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack and Bheed actor was happy to take a back seat and did not want to take credit for his children’s achievements. “If you’re successful, you’ll pay your own back and say that you did it on your own and not because your dad made it happen for you. That way, the credit for your success has already gone to your dad. The idea should rather be to become a confident person and take on life by yourself. Your family will always be there to support you. They’ll always be there for you to fall back on,” he states.
Today, however, he’s filled with pride and joy looking at Shahid’s career trajectory. “I feel very proud to see Shahid where he’s at right now, the kind of thinking he has come up with in the last 20 years in his career, and the maturity he has shown in terms of his choice of films. He started a certain way but look at the kind of cinema he’s doing today! I’m proud to say this without any bias that he’s the finest actor that we’ve in this country in his age group,” Kapur remarks.
He further adds, “I’m so proud of my children (Shahid, Ruhaan Kapoor and Sanah Kapur) that they’re trying to do what they’re trying do to on their own without help. But they also knew that I’m right there. As and when they need me, all they need to do is call me and I’ll be right there. This is something they were aware of.”
And what about the personal equation he shares with his children today? “I’m like a friend to them. I surprise them sometimes because they have a certain image of me as most people do. Sometimes, when I do a little bit of youthful masti with them to give them a glimpse of what I might have been as a younger boy, they go like, ‘Dad, you!!!’ But that surely adds a few more years to my life (laughs),” Kapur says.
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