Shahid Kapoor was quite young when his parents, actors Pankaj Kapur and Neliima Azeem, separated. Soon after, Pankaj married actor Supriya Pathak and Shahid largely grew up with his mother. In a new interview, Supriya opened up about her relationship with her step-son Shahid and said that they share the same relationship as any mother-son. Supriya and Pankaj, who married in 1988, are parents to son Ruhan and daughter Sanah.
Talking to BBC News Hindi, Supriya was asked about her relationship with Shahid and she shared, “Mera beta hai. Bete ke sath toh normal jaisa maa ka rishta hota hai, vaisa hi hai mera aur Shahid ka bhi rishta (He is my son. We share the same normal relationship that any mother shares with her son).”
Supriya Pathak recalled that she first met Shahid Kapoor when he was just 6. “He is really my son,” she shared, adding “Ruhan, Shahid, Sanah are all my kids. I can fight with them, love them, laugh with them, I am friends with all of them. I am friends with all three of them.”
In the interview, Supriya was also asked about how she manages relationships within a blended family. She chose to answer with an example from her childhood and the idea of joint family that was inculcated in her from a young age. “A woman has many sides to her personality and if she explores every side of her personality, then it can turn into a complete story,” she said and added, “I never feel forced about developing relationships, all these things come naturally to me.”
In an earlier chat with Twinkle Khanna on Tweak India, Supriya Pathak spoke about her first meeting with Shahid Kapoor. “He was very warm and he did not have any defiant reactions towards me, and nor did I have them too. So, when we met, we instantly liked each other as people. And I think that is what just carried on. Though there were a lot of times when he was not with us, so whenever he would come and we kind of always… we reacted to each other as people,” she said.
