Pankaj Kapur opened up recently about his son, actor Shahid Kapoor and said that he is a self-made man. Pankaj said that he contributed nothing more than genes to the success of Shahid.
In an interview with SMTV, Pankaj said that his father was quite supportive to him when he decided to pursue acting. He said, “My father was a man of a different calibre. He would come and see every play of mine. Yes, before I left, he told me the English saying, ‘You have burnt your boats, don’t look back’. It’s what the Romans used to say. This inspired me, to have my father’s support.”
He added, “Whatever I learnt from him, I transferred to my three children… Shahid is a self-made man. What could I have to do with his success? I contributed nothing more than genes. Everything that he has achieved is because of his own hard work. I am very proud of it. I am not being humble, I am being truthful.”
In an earlier interview with Bollywood Bubble, Shahid said, “I’m one of those self-made guys who people think, because his papa was an actor, got it easier. And I get very upset about that, because I’m like, ‘Hey, guys, you don’t know my struggle’. Just because my father is Pankaj Kapur doesn’t mean I had it easy, because actually I didn’t even live with him, I lived with my mom. And he’s also a very proud man, he would never (offer to call someone on my behalf). And I was too proud to ask him for any support ever. In fact, I never even brought it up with him, neither did he ask me. It just never came up.”
Shahid is the son of Pankaj and Neliima Azeem. Pankaj and Neliima were married from 1979 to 1984.
