'Ishaan Has Been Advised To Do Herogiri

‘When Shahid, Ishaan and I are together, it is a madhouse because we are all performers.’

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“I am happier watching them dance than dancing myself,” Neelima Azeem says proudly, referring to her sons, Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter.

She reveals much more about her star sons “My sons are similar in the way they walk and neither has worked with an eye to the box office.”

My Sons, Shahid Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter

Though the divorce was by mutual consent, I was worried the subject may be a little too close to home and might upset him

When Shahid was seven, he acted in a series whose title I can’t recall, but the episode was called Child Custody.

His parents, played by Anita Kanwar and Kanwaljeet Singh, are divorced and in court for the custody of their child.

There was a scene where the judge awarded custody to the father. When the mother informs the child that he will have to wait till he is 18 before deciding whom he wants to be with, he hugs her tightly and bursts into tears.

By then, Pankaj (Kapur) and I had separated. Though the divorce was by mutual consent and there had been no ugliness, I was worried the subject may be a little too close to home and might upset him.

But even when Pankaj and I were together, Shahid had lived in Delhi with my parents and me, his aunt, uncle and cousin Meghna. He would come to Mumbai once a year, on his birthday, to meet his father, who had moved here to pursue a career in acting.

When Shahid was 10, I shifted to Mumbai as well, to work as an actress and was waiting for him to finish his school term before he joined me.

During those eight-nine months, I would fly down to Delhi frequently. When he started shooting for Child Custody, I would accompany him to the shoot and was amazed to see how professional he was for a child of his age, discussing technical aspects like lighting and colour blocking with confidence.