
It’s not necessary that they have to be staying under the same roof or being there 24-7 together. Once, Kareena talked about her parents and said, “My parents have a lovely relationship because sometimes, two people realise that their lives aren’t exactly going the way they planned, so it’s better that they don’t stay together but they can still be friends and sometimes, take decisions about the kids. It was that bad.”īabita and Randhir Kapoor have two daughters - Karisma and Kareena.Īnd these are things Kareena and Karisma understand well too. I managed to break the lock like an actual locksmith, with a knife, go into the room, take the phone, make plans and run away from the house. I obviously wanted to go out with my friends and meet this particular guy. My mother was obviously upset about it and being a single mother, she was like, ‘This is not going to happen.’ So she used to lock the phone in her room. In her own words, “I was around 14-15 and I really liked this boy. In order to discipline Kareena when she was getting in trouble because of a boy, Babita sent her to a boarding school in Dehradun. I somehow felt that it was more suited for me at that time.” WHEN BABITA SENT KAREENA KAPOOR TO BOARDING SCHOOLĮven though Babita brought up her daughters with every comfort, she was quite strict. I got a chance to be slightly non-commercial. We did like four or five films together, but I think that Refugee was just perfect. When asked about working with Hrithik post the Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai scenario, she added, “Of course, I went on to do so many films with Hrithik after that. Still from Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan's Refugee. I also believe in destiny what’s meant to happen is going to happen.” Reflecting on that time, Kareena had said, “Honestly, at that time nobody really calculated and nobody really knew - whether it was my parents, my mother, or me - I don’t know if anybody weighed pros and cons.


Later that year, Kareena Kapoor made her debut opposite Abhishek Bachchan in JP Dutta’s Refugee.

I think it’s better we part ways because we are good friends.’ So, we parted ways.” KAREENA KAPOOR REFLECTS ON HER BOLLYWOOD DEBUT So I said, ‘This way I cannot work because tomorrow you might say, don’t do this, don’t do that. Of course, we will train her.’ Babita was a little adamant about it. To say mouth dialogue and to act is a little more difficult than to lip-sync to a song. He told The Quint, “I said, ‘No Babita, I think a song is better because she’ll be very familiar to the whole unit. Rakesh Roshan said in an interview that they had to shoot a song sequence, but four days before it, Babita asked him to start with dialogues as Kareena was not ready.
