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EXCLUSIVE- Neelima Azim: I was a single mother & till today Shahid is taking care of Ishaan & me in every way
In an EXCLUSIVE interview with PINKVILLA, Azim opened up about Shahid's understated journey and his struggles. She also spoke about the strengths of the duo.
Shahid Kapoor's brother Ishaan Khatter left everyone impressed in his debut movie Beyond The Clouds. If that was the trailer, Ishaan proved himself yet again in Dhadak, wherein he was paired alongside debutante Janhvi Kapoor. The movie is doing wonders at the box office.
Ishaan has time and again maintained that he looks up to his brother, Shahid Kapoor, for inspiration and their mother Neelima Azim seems to reiterate the same. The proud mother of the two couldn't stop praising her sons and Shahid more so. Shahid has been in the industry for over 15 years now and is one of the most popular and talented actors we have on board.
In an EXCLUSIVE interview with PINKVILLA, Azim opened up about Shahid's understated journey and his struggles. She also spoke about the strengths of the duo when asked whose debut (amongst the two) has been more impressive.
She shared, "Well, I think it is very simple. I came to Bombay and started working here, and received a lot of love and popularity myself. But Shahid took it to another level. He just took it to another level, his first film was a super duper hit, he became a youth icon. He has had a very interesting journey because he started working as a child, then he started taking Shiamak Davar classes and before that he did something in Delhi for a series where he played a 7-year-old child, who was separated from his mother."
Neelima excitedly gushed, "He [Shahid] was brilliant at that time, he was 7-year-old. The first time we saw him perform, the entire team was like 'yeh bacha nahi hai yaar. Kya hai yeh! Kya karta hai yeh'. I saw Shahid growing as a dancer after that and he became an impeccable performer. After that, he just changed our lives. He took our lives forward in Bombay. We started living better, we had all the luxuries and comfort."
"My stress was over. I was a single mother and till today he is taking care of Ishaan and me in every way. He is like 'hats off'! Shahid has worked very hard and has had a very challenging journey and the thing about both my boys is that they are very good sons, very honest and clean and extremely vulnerable. Ishaan is more like joyous and has his own energy. All I can say is, both of them have been sparkling in their own times. Ishaan has been very fortunate that he started with Majid Majidi and then Dharma, with Shashank and Karan with him so, Mashallah, he had a quicker and faster journey and I suppose the younger ones do have it that way while the elder ones do create a little more hard work for themselves. That's the way its always been. But both of them are wonderful," she continued.
When asked if Ishaan takes guidance from family members regarding the films and choices, Neelima said, "In Ishaan’s case, his guru has always been his brother and it is very kind of him to always give me the honour and that standing in his life. I have watched both the brothers very closely and it is amazing how Sasha has guided him in life. He has played more than an elder brother’s role because I was a single mother, there was no father as such living with us. So, Ishaan is mostly being guided, groomed and trained by his brother. "
She added, "He has learnt a lot from Shahid and his brother has not like sat him down and taught it to him. He just took him along and let him savour the ambience and swim in waters naturally. All the credit goes to his elder brother and the rest of credit you can see in Dhadak because I can’t speak so much about Ishaan as he has just arrived BUT I can speak about Shahid as he has earned it in the 15 years of his career. He has done his Kaminey, Haider, Udta Punjab, Padmaavat, he has done some fantastic amount of work."
She also added that Ishaan's sister-in-law Mira Rajput absolutely loved Dhadak as well.
Now, that's a proud mother talking!
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