Shahid Kapoor is one of the most famous actors in Bollywood. The son of veteran actor, Pankaj Kapur and his first wife, Neelima Azeem, Shahid debuted in Bollywood with the film, Ishq Vishk. Since then, he has been melting the hearts of his fans with his incomparable acting chops. The actor was last seen in the movie, Bloody Daddy. However, in a recent interview, Shahid opened up about his career in Bollywood and also said that despite being an actor’s son, he feels like an outsider in the industry.
Shahid Kapoor on being an ‘outsider’ in Bollywood
In an interview with Pinkvilla Masterclass, Shahid Kapoor was asked about him doing a few films over the years and choosing selective roles nowadays. To this, Shahid said that he is an outsider from the point of view that his papa was an actor. Shahid said that in the early days of his career, he didn’t tell anybody that he was Pankaj Kapur’s son. Pankaj always told Shahid that he never used his papa, i.e., Shahid’s grandfather’s name to anyone at the beginning of the former’s career. Shahid said:
“I ask myself very often. But everybody’s destiny is different. Everybody’s life is different. The way things come to you will be different. I am an outsider in the industry from the point of view that my father (Pankaj Kapur) was an actor but I never told anybody that he was my dad because I lived a lot in Delhi and I came to Bombay later in life and my father had always told me that, ‘Beta maine kabhi kisi ko nahi bataya ki mere father kaun hai, toh tum kyu bologe. Kaam se dikhao. Let your work prove to people that you are worthy. Not your name.’ So of course I have come from a family of acting but my father was the first actor in the family, first of all.”