'FOOD IS OUR CATALYST'

Armaan Jain brings the Kapoor family together for 'Netflix' special ‘Dining With The Kapoors'

- RAVI BANSAL

Food and films are the two things that bind the entire Kapoor family, a legacy that Armaan Jain hopes to capture with his upcoming 'Netflix' film 'Dining with the Kapoors.

The one-hour special, created by Armaan, brings together members of the Kapoor family - from stars like Ranbir Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan to the elders Randhir Kapoor, Rima Jain and Neetu Kapoor, as well as Zahan Kapoor - in a rare gathering.

Filmed in a fly-on-the-wall documentary style, 'Dining with the Kapoors' offers an outsider a candid peek into Bollywood royalty sharing a meal, memories and moments.

Armaan, son of Rima Jain, said he wanted to honour the legacy of his grandfather, legendary actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor, on his 100th birth anniversary, and felt that nothing would be better than bringing the family together for a meal.

"Food in our family - and most Indian families and families around the world - is like a catalyst to bring people together, to reminisce about good times, memories and have fun with it. And it's been a large part of our culture growing up. Those are things that I saw growing up more than films and cinema. I actually saw food, banter, chaos, that Punjabi household - really a house on fire," he told PTI in an interview.