Pankaj Kapoor’s reconciliation with Shahid Kapoor

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Pankaj Kapoor

On his 66th birthday, Pankaj Kapoor shared a great bond with son Shahid Kapoor. He directed his son in the movie ‘Mausam’ and they were also seen together in the film ‘Shandaar’. In a 2015 notable newspaper interview, Shahid said that he was never an insecure kid. “My parents separated when I was three, but I was extremely secure as a child. It has a lot to do with the kind of effort dad and I made to keep our relationship very healthy, normal and positive. You know, sometimes, he says that he wants to shift out of town and lead a chilled-out life, maybe five or 10 years down the line. I don’t like that. He is a big part of my life.” 

The Separation

But that was not the case always. Pankaj Kapoor had said, “As Shahid said, it is very difficult to explain. For a father, to separate from his son is not easy. It was a huge emotional loss for me (the last time around). I had to start living with the hope that there will come a time when we will come close to each other again. And today, it’s a great feeling to sit next to him, see his work or hear him speak and bond with the family.”

Pankaj Kapoor added, “Definitely, yes. I missed him every day, but there were professional constraints. What’s most fortunate is – once he turned 18, Shahid assisted me for a while, so we spent a lot of time with each other. Then, we started going on holidays together with the family. So the bonding increased. Especially after our shift to our new house.” Pankaj Kapoor and Neelima Azeem got married in 1975. The couple parted ways in 1984.

Shahid’s Admission

In a later interview to Deccan Chronicle, Shahid Kapoor had admitted that as a child, he didn’t have too much interaction with his father. “My bond with my children will be very different from dad’s and mine,” he said. Their relationship also changed after Shahid Kapoor became a father. He has two kids with his wife, Mira Rajput — Misha Kapoor and Zain Kapoor. 

Pankaj had told after Zain’s birth in 2018, “I became a dadu two years back and it’s always a delight having a new addition to the family. If you are finding him cute, just imagine what would be my reaction on seeing the little one and Zain is a beautiful name. I am happy that Shahid’s family is now complete. We are all full of joy and are absolutely delighted.

On the other hand, Shahid said, “What my dad told me was that ‘Now, you will know all the complaints that I have always had against you’. Because the one thing my dad keeps telling me is that I don’t call him enough. And I pretty much call him almost every day! But he still always complains about the fact that ‘we don’t connect enough, we don’t spend time enough’. And finally, when obviously Misha happened, he told me, ‘Now you will know what it’s like when you miss your child’.” The wonderful father-son duo will next appear in the movie ‘Jersey’.

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