All language subtitles for Kareena Kapoor Khan Opens Up On Motherhood, Stardom, Bollywood _ More _ The Ranveer Show

How do you feel now when you look back
at your career? My biggest asset has

my confidence People feel that I have
inspired people or Geet has inspired

people. That character so much. But the
way Geet thinks with her heart, you

don't see that these days. Even in the
Gen Z, I think. Where do you get your

gossip from? I think from Instagram
these days.

What is Kareena, the mom, doing for her
kids? In terms of what do you keep

telling them? Right now, it's just like,
don't fight with each other.

Wait till the time they discover WWE.

They have, because Taimur already has.

So he's wearing his gloves and he's
like, come on. How do you dress at home?

dress like, I've been like, put so
strange.

Saif today is like, God, to go to a fake
event, so many people, so many

clothes. What was the most attractive
thing at first when you got to know Saif

Ali Khan? I think I'm still discovering
Saif. Really?

Yeah. You ever felt lonely?

Like throughout this journey? Well, I
mean, of course, I think people will

really understand what you are feeling
at that time. Because sometimes you have

to do so many things for others, no
matter what you are going through.

That you are dying from 102 fever, but
there is no one with you.

They don't care.

There's really not much to say in this
intro. It's Kareena Kapoor Khan on The

Ranveer Show.

Absolutely beautiful, in -depth
conversation.

I honestly feel that there's very few
Indians.

who've reached an out -and -out iconic
status.

And they've usually reached that point
because of years of hard work, years of

self -conditioning, years of sacrifice.

That's what we tried speaking about
today with Kareena Kapoor Khan. But it's

also a fun conversation.

You'll get an insight into her mind,
into her heart, and hopefully her soul.

new film, Crew, is releasing in theatres
on the 29th.

of March. Make sure you go check it out.
But for now, it's Kareena Kapoor Khan

on The Ranveer Show.

Because the sun is shining outside the
studio and inside the studio, we have

Kareena Kapoor with us. Thank you.
Kareena Kapoor Khan.

Yes. How are you?

Very well, very happy to be here talking
to you, Ranveer. And it's always nice

because talking to you, it feels like
I've known you forever, somehow.

Even when you came on my show, we met
for the first time actually there.

But I somehow feel like... I've always
known you. I feel the same. And it's not

something I'm saying to just warm you up
and to break ice here. Yeah. But I felt

it was very easy speaking with you for
some reason. I don't know why. And I'd

probably say that seeing Kareena
Kapoor's career from the outside was

inspirational. Because since I was a
kid, I was very messed up and deep.

I would see it and I think that there's
a lot of hard work and discipline that's

going on here. But it's all behind the
scenes. Yeah, it's all behind the

Everything should be behind the scenes.

How do you feel now when you look back
at just your career?

I just look back at it as like, you
know, I've done so many things that I've

really wanted to do and enjoyed doing.

I'm very, very lucky and one of those
lucky few that I have actually enjoyed

being on set every minute that I have
from the age of 17 today.

I'm 43.

And I think that journey and that every
day of me being in front of the camera,

being, you know, on set, meeting my
actors, directors, playing different

has been, I think, something that has
given me so much happiness and so much

joy. And I'm very lucky that I love my
job.

Because if you don't really love what
you're doing, it's very tough.

you know, to keep doing it, to go ahead
with it.

And I feel most people somehow don't
really get to enjoy their jobs.

Have you loved it throughout?

I think I've loved it even before I face
the camera.

Because I think acting is a ghost, it's
a drug, in a good sense.

And that is actually like a feeling of
like, you know, that trance. I feel

that trance every time I'm in front of
the camera. That's why every...

time you see a shot of mine i'm giving
it my 100 i'm giving it my best because

i love it so much have you seen this
pixar film called soul called soul s -o

-l no i haven't okay i highly recommend
it okay i recommend you watch it with

your kids like oh nice yeah of course
but it's a very spiritual film oh nice

they talk about a state of flow in it
and i've spoken about this a lot on the

show it's basically what you're saying
right right the best acting and best art

always comes out of a deeper place Yeah,
of course. I think so.

And a deep place of like wanting to do
your best, giving your best

somehow.

Have you ever had a role where you
really, really had to go extremely deep

within your own head to pull out that
performance?

Or do all your roles come out of like a
similar place of just being Kareena

Kapoor Khan? No.

I think most people like to feel that
because I make a lot of things look...

Easy. Yeah. But there are roles that I
think I have given a lot to. And in

maybe those films haven't been box
office successes.

Whether it was Lal Singh Chadda, whether
it was Heroin, whether it was Tashan.

These are films that I loved and, you
know, enjoyed doing and gave a lot to a

lot of thought. Like Rupa was such a
deep character in Lal Singh.

Somehow she was dark, but yet like a ray
of sunshine.

So, you know, doing those kind of paths
really excite me. Do you remember a chat

we had on your show?

Yeah, yeah. About bad girls and bad
boys. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I didn't get a chance to expand on that
thought. But what I was basically trying

to say is that all of us are a little
bit grey. Of course. And those human

beings, I think, are... The most
interesting to play also.

Yeah. In terms of... The grey people are
the most interesting in real life and

the most interesting roles. I think so,
no?

Are you still like the same shade of
grey that you were in your 20s?

Or are you a different person now?

In the 2020s?

I think I'm... When I was in my 20s, I
was a lot more like...

There is a different kind of fire
inside.

There is a different kind of spirit.

There is a different kind of spirit that
has to prove that I have to be the

best. I want to do this.

That's a different kind of...

Constantly on the go.

You know,

all of that. But I think now, after
having almost reached 25 years of my

there's a different kind of hunger.

Hunger for a little bit of peace also in
the characters that I play.

A little bit of more deeper
understanding.

Because as a human being also, I've
grown.

And between 20 and 43, there's no growth
as a person. I think there'll be no

growth as an actor.

And I feel like I have grown as a
person.

Recently how?

Recently how? I mean, motherhood has
changed me.

Being a wife has changed me.

I think there are different types of
responsibilities in life.

You're not chasing...

Just that one end point, you know, which
when you're in your 20s, you're like,

success is everything.

Box office hits are everything.

My life revolves on the fact that I need
to prove myself as a good actor or a

star.

Now, I feel my mind has also expanded.

And my husband, my children, my friends
have allowed me and helped me grow

into... you know, the person I am and
hopefully the person I will become.

Is there like a challenge at this stage?

There's a challenge of, you know, how
far I can go with mental peace, how far

can stretch myself to be at peace with
myself.

And that is a constant battle which one
has to keep, you know, doing.

Can I add to your peace a little bit?
Yeah, of course.

So, because you are the sunflower of
India.

oh god something this is for you wow
thank you so beautiful yeah i love

sunflowers should i keep it here you can
keep it next to you wherever you wish

but uh this is actually what you are for
a lot of india and i know this is a

little gimmicky but no i i think getting
flowers is never a gimmick i think it's

so nice You like receiving flowers?
Yeah.

We thought long and hard about which one
to give you. Yeah, sunflower.

There's no flower that I could think of
that's as similar to your soul, like how

we know Kareena Kapoor. I think that's a
lovely compliment for me.

Like, you know, whether it's you in a
photo or you on screen, or I remember

like my early memories of seeing Kareena
Kapoor, you always like stood out.

And that came from a place of deep
internal self -confidence. That I

right now. Yeah.

So were you acting with self -confidence
then? Or was it actually that deep?

You know, I'm actually... I can only act
to play my character.

In real life, I don't think I can act.
Because I'm that kind of person

that anything... It just appears on my
face.

It appears in my eyes.

That... If I'm in a bad mood.

That I'm upset about something.

Or anything.

I'm extra happy.

That's why when you see me.

Sometimes I'm like so happy.

I'm like all OTT over the top. Because
it comes from that.

I just react instantly to people. To
things.

You know. I'm a very reactive person.

And I think that has helped me. So self
-confidence, I don't think it can,

confidence is something that you can put
on.

It was always there. You either have it
or you don't have it. I don't remember

you being without confidence.

In this profession, I think my biggest
ammunition and my biggest

asset has been my confidence.

And that's why I feel that.

Maybe people feel that I have inspired
people or Geet has inspired people, that

character so much. Because she was
lovable but with confidence.

That I'll go, I'll run away, I'll get
married to that guy, I'll do it.

That level of confidence, that level of
innocence also, I think that is in me.

Do you get bored of being asked Jab We
Met questions?

Because see, the topic is very hot on
reels and shorts. So if anyone talks

Jab We Met, it blows up on the
algorithm.

But it's just amazing because the film
released recently and people were

me videos because I have some of my own
friends who went to watch it.

People have recited the whole film.

They're like as though they're reading a
book.

They're just reading, they were saying
the dialogues one after the other, not

just mine, but Shahid's, everybody's,
every single character.

So it's just the impact on people.

So very few films in a person's career
have that. Very few films in general age

that well also. Yeah.

And, like, I think Geet as a character
has influenced a lot of people's heads

general. It's a very, like, sunflower
positive character. Yeah, somewhere, you

know. I mean, you know, like, 16, 17
years later, you're still giving

of that.

Even though so many films have released.

But I feel those love stories, these
days, we're missing that, no? Yeah, I

the same. I feel the same about the film
world in general all over the world.

Like, I remember growing up seeing a lot
of rom -coms. I don't know where all

the rom -coms have gone. I don't know
where they've gone.

Where have they gone? Yeah, where have
they gone? Where have all the love

stories gone? Where are all those Shah
Rukh, Kajol moments? Where are those? I

also miss those.

But what's the internal chatter in the
film industry? Where have they gone?

Now everyone is watching action.
Hopefully you'll watch comedy next week.

So we're trying to bring back different
genres.

But I think somehow the action films are
appealing a lot to the audiences.

But I feel...

The audiences, their tastes change also.

They like good films. They are so
accepting and loving that the fact is

you give them something that interests
them, give them a good story, be it in

any form, I think they just stick to it.

Have you ever wondered about why Jab We
Met was this evergreen?

Because I'll give you a little Gen Z
perspective on Jab We Met. Yeah, of

I'd love to know.

There's a lot of green flag and red flag
chatter.

Like, according to everyone, Anshuman
was a red flag.

Yeah, yeah.

Of course, no? And have you heard of the
word situationship?

I mean, I've read, like, people say
that.

So, there's a relationship, and then on
the other end of the spectrum, there's,

like, a casual, like, friends with
benefits. Yeah. Somewhere in the middle.

Where you're... You're a friend with
benefits with someone where there's also

emotional benefits. Yeah. So that's why
people are connecting, you see.

Yeah. I think with time, people are
connecting. We met with a lot of stuff

that's happening in the 2020s. Yeah.

Everyone's like that film was way ahead
of its time. Could be. Yeah, that's

true.

What advice would you give Geet now?

The character with everything you've
learned about life.

I mean, Geet was somehow.

Her innocence actually has taken her and
this longevity is because of her.

She did everything and thought so much
from her heart.

So

that's

how somehow they are connecting that
they also want to be like that. You

but somehow I feel people are thinking a
lot more with their.

mind in the 2020s. But people are
getting very effed up in the head

Like it's just an outcome of living in
the 2020s with social media and

comparison and all that.

That's what I sense is happening a lot.
And Geet was pre -social media.

Her innocence was still intact.

That's why people are connecting with
the characters even more now. Yeah, I

think so.

It's scary, but I mean, like, as much as
I love it, I love, like, I love

Instagram and I get to, you know, be in
my bed and travel the world.

And, but it's just, I know how damaging,
like, it could be to the mind and how

carried away, you know, people can get
with the way everything has to be, like,

picture perfect. Everything has to be,
like, get ready for the event, be seen

this event, go collect this award, do
this.

I think we're somewhere in between.
We're like also forgetting to like, you

know, live a little bit for ourselves,
for our families, for our friends. Enjoy

the moment.

Like every dinner, at least three times
we have to tell our friends or each

other, come on, leave that phone.

So I think it's like we're just caught
up in so many things. So I feel we

should still bring back that innocence.

And that's why people are still like
loving that and going to see.

That film.

Is Geet inside Kareena Kapoor or is
Kareena Kapoor inside Geet?

Simpler way of asking. Yeah, no?

Is there a Geet inside you? Like, are
you that person completely?

Completely. I think I am that person.

Because Geet always thoughts from her
heart. And I honestly, Ranveer, in my

life, I have taken every decision from
my heart.

I never thought about it.

Otherwise, then you can see my career
graph. You can see some people will say,

oh, she said no to this film, that film,
this film, that film. And there are so

many discussions about that, that
sometimes I'm like, okay, right?

You know, every film has its destiny.

It wasn't written in my destiny, it was
written in someone else's destiny.

But I have always taken my decisions
from my heart that I want to do this.

This is what I want to do right now.
This is what I don't want to do right

So that's why I feel.

Somewhere you're.

You know you associate the sunflower
girl in me.

You know. I'm a bit of that also.

How's life right now?

How's life right now? Exciting.

I'm very very.

Excited for crew.

All female centric kind of film. Comedy.

Excited to have.

collaborated with my long -time
producers, Ria and Ekta.

We're an all -women kind of army.

Tabu, Kriti, all of us. I feel like in
between so many action films, a

female heist, Ocean 11, Ocean 8 kind of
vibe, film, comedy, nice if it comes.

You've always seen the males do it, but
now I think we're ready for the female

kind of heist comedy, which I think it
is.

I think girls have generally gotten very
active in content, which is very good.

Very good.

I think we had had this discussion that
time as well.

There's a lot of female content creators
coming up.

Lots of girls are expressing themselves
more on social media, which is great.

Which is great. And which I think is
great for them, for themselves, for

self -confidence, for their mental
health.

Conversations are on.

Women are in the forefront.

I mean, I think everywhere around the
globe.

So I'm happy that it's a good time. So
I'm very confident again that I feel

people will enjoy watching us.

Do you change with every film?

Or do you stay the same? No, I think I
should change with every film. I mean,

terms of look, I don't know. Size, look,
those are all things that don't bother

me as much.

but i should change my character should
change the way i perform should change

things like that to change when you went
down to the size zero i remember this

was like what india was obsessed with at
that point yeah uh was there a downside

of that that didn't come out in the
public or was that still easy for you

because what i can tell about you now
especially after speaking to you but i

could tell this even then like you're
very deeply ambitious So like in that

phase, for sure. Yeah. No, I'm
ambitious. You have read me well. I am

But I'm not ambitious to the point that
I would harm myself, my mental frame of

mind. You tend to, no?

When ambition is so high in your life
that you have nothing else to look

to. So I'm not like that. But I'm
ambitious.

Did you ever harm your mental health?
No.

Size Zero also, I took that time. I took
almost a year, year and a half to get

into that look.

And it was like a challenge.

That I said, that I have to do it once
in life.

For this action film. Because I've never
done an action film actually after that

also. That I have to do this in life, so
I have to do this. Would you do it

again?

Now I think that we're living in a
generation where everything is accepted.

And I wouldn't like to...

say that okay this certain body type
would be accepted for an action film or

this not i think today everything and
everyone can do what they want to do so

think i'm ready for an action film now
also i don't need to be a size zero um

i have like too many questions

Okay. And I mean, I'm going to be like
very straightforward.

Okay. So normally we shoot in a studio
and the studio has its own energy. Yeah.

So I'm able to go way deeper into my
guest's mind also. Okay. Usually the

of the show. Right. Because I get to
meet people from a lot of industries and

get to gauge where people are. So I'm
still trying to get closer to like the

real. And then what will happen? Then
you will assess me and will you say

something? I can say so much even now,
but we'll hold that for like the end of

the podcast.

How are you feeling till this point?

I really like and enjoy talking to you
because I think you are also honest. You

come across as very honest and come
across as somebody who is an interviewer

who most people like I feel here when
they do interviews they ask

questions but don't listen to the
answers.

They have to go to the next question.

So the interviewer is asking the
question, but not really listening to

interviewee.

So I like to talk to people where they
would also engage me and actually try

like you said, you know, kind of
understand or get into my mind.

I think an interview is for the tabloids
and the headlines and the clicks. A

podcast is for the heart. Yeah. So I'm
actually doing it for me. Then that's

very good because that's why I'm happy
I'm here.

Ask you the same questions if you gave
me the time at a party or a social

function also.

These are just my actual questions.
Yeah, which is good. That's why it's

different. I'd also ask you for gossip.

That I don't have. You said that you
have so many different, you know,

celebrities, guests.

So you should know. I am like, I have
such a reputation.

Yeah, why?

I don't know.

I think just like that. I think I have
no... Time to have also so much

information. Nowadays, everything comes
on Instagram.

Where do you get your gossip from?

I think from Instagram these days.

You're active on Insta?

I mean, as active as one can be, you
know. You enjoy it? I enjoy it. I have

say that the journey started slow for me
because I was new to it. But now I'm

enjoying it. Like, I'm enjoying the fact
that, okay, let's go. Everybody's

posting pictures. Let's go. I'll post
pictures. But then...

If I know it's getting too much into my
personal space, then I pull back.

Then I'm like, no, no, no. That thing
you said about social media affecting

mental health. Does it affect Kareena
Kapoor Khan?

No. Because everyone else would feel a
sense of comparison.

Yeah. I don't think there's anyone you'd
compare yourself with. There's nothing.

People compare themselves to you. No,
no, nothing like that. I feel like I

would.

I.

Even if you know sometimes there's a
thought in my mind but I'm always like I

don't want to like it's okay.

You know and I wouldn't want to compare
because I know that

there's place for everybody.

Have you been competitive earlier in
life?

I mean I think I definitely in my 20s
and 30s I must have surely been for

For sure because

Like I said, you know, that time when
you're younger, I think that energy goes

to a different level.

Your wavelength, you're on a different
wavelength in your 20s, 30s.

That's why in so many interviews I've
also said that I never want to go back

that time.

I'm very much at peace now.

Now I'm like if I know that like this is
it and like I'm taking like 10 -15 days

off from work, I'm confident that I'm
going to do this.

And this is what I want to do.

And then nothing can...

change my mind you know from that but
before we never wanted we don't want a

holiday because then it used to happen
that if there is a holiday then there is

no work you know you should have 5 films
you should have 10 films now it's like

you know in your head you were aiming
only for the top always it was

always like I want to climb up the
mountain was that what was going on in

head my mom always told me that if you
aim for the stars

You'll end up on the tree.

So she was like. As high as I can be.

And then whenever you land.

We'll land.

Okay another straight question.

About this came to peace.

With things.

I have a lot of friends in the world of
acting. Okay.

And I have a lot of friends in media in
general, but I see this specifically

with actors.

Actors are usually like the best looking
people in any friend group or anywhere

they go.

But in their heads, they're not good
looking.

Okay. Have you ever had that doubt?

No, I don't.

You've always known that you're
gorgeous.

I don't want to lie.

Because if I say that, I'm not that
girl. So I can't lie. Have you had any

insecurity related to looks?

No, I'm not.

I don't think so.

I think I get it from my parents.

I don't want to say that, oh, okay, I
am. Because I'm not that person, so I

don't want to.

And if I lie, I guess you'll catch me.
And this show is a podcast, as you said.

So you'll know from my eyes.

And then the world will know.

So I'd rather answer straight. That I
have no qualms at all. I have no doubt

my mind.

Been in the limelight over so long that
people know your character. But there

are still parts of you that people don't
understand that are hidden. Yeah. Which

is the art of stardom according to me at
least.

Completely. Right.

Creating an interest.

That is also part of stardom.

Which not everyone understands nowadays.

No, that doesn't exist anymore. I'm
sorry. I'm being honest. No, it's fine.

The line is completely gone.

It's sad.

I feel bad.

Why do you feel bad? For this generation
because it doesn't exist.

Because it was a different time, you
know, where there was a different reach.

And also, I just feel like the way I
have been, I've been extremely honest

my fans, audiences, everyone.

as much and I've they also respect a lot
of my private life you know like

with the kids or the family or whatever
I also put it a lot on social media and

you know we are from a film family so
it'll always be in the limelight and we

that but I think that there is a side to
them that automatically that people

know that okay this is it

How did Kapoor Khanan blood feel running
through your veins in your childhood?

I didn't, there was never, I don't think
we realized that what, you

know. Family.

Yeah, my family. I never really thought
because my parents never really let me

feel that. My mother was extremely, she
came from a very, very middle class

family.

And she was.

My father, my nana was also an actor.

He acted in a lot of films in different
roles.

So, but we were never really meant to
feel like, you know, that we come from

this family or like what. We didn't even
know because I mean, like going to a

shoot, the first shoot I went on was
like when I was, I think, eight or nine

years old at Tinto Uncle's shoot in
Kashmir. He was doing a film with Rekha

And we had gone, Ranbir and all of us
had gone for that shoot.

I think it was Sheshnag, one of the
films, I don't remember. And it was

shot in Gulmarg.

So it was actually the first time, you
know, like I had remembered that I had

seen a shoot.

Before that, I know that when I was very
small, I was at my father's set.

He had done a film with Amit uncle
called Pukar.

And in that film, I had gone for the
shoot. But I was like barely one year

or something. So, I have no memory that
I was ever made to feel.

In those days, it was like my
grandfather and all. They were also like

chill, relaxed.

Nobody had this that media is going
crazy.

There was paparazzi culture.

There was never, nobody felt that...

You know that they were really big stars
or superstars. My family was also very

into passionate. My grandfather was very
passionate about art, music, cinema.

He would play the harmonium. He would
make his songs.

We've always heard him sing like that.
Never any thought.

Shosha bazi type ka thing. There was
never.

It's an art oriented family first and
foremost. Yes, because we were always.

Whether it was Shashi uncle who was into
theatre.

Shami uncle and my grandfather were very
passionate about films, music.

So I'm saying that it was never really
thought that, yes, of course, parties

all, I'm sure happened, but we were
never part of that.

And then, of course, my mom moved on and
we were shown a childhood that was

very, very basic and simple. My mom used
to make me go and drop me to the school

bus. My mom still today has no idea of
this paparazzi culture and she's like,

I don't understand what this is. Of
course, she's like, you must work.

And work when I see you on the silver
screen or when I see your film.

Then I will tell you how good or bad you
are.

It's not like you're doing this or that.

And today, they don't even understand
that culture.

That the paps are running after you. Why
are they running after you? Yeah, okay.

But it's okay.

But for them, it's like, act well.

Make a good picture.

Your mom...

contributed to your personality too much
as is any as the case with anyone

anyone's mom contributes a lot but i
feel with especially career yeah

people a career so uh multi -faceted
yeah that one of your parents usually

a very big role in creating mindset and
whatever i've seen about you talking on

other interviews you always bring it up
when you're talking about confidence

yeah personality now you're bringing it
up when you're talking about ambition

also of course i feel you get it like
from your mom definitely i do because my

mom is very self -made and she's she's a
very very uh strong

woman whoever in the industry also when
you talk about my mom they will tell you

she is that kind of lady she was like
known like as the iron lady because she

was very like strong about the way her
children were how You know, like women

the family should work. She always
asserted for the right things, you know.

were you as a teenager?

I was very naughty.

I was very naughty. I troubled her a
lot.

But you were good at studies, no?

I mean, I was good, yeah. Like 65 -70%.
I was very good.

And like I had interest. I enjoyed going
to school. I went to a boarding school.

I enjoyed all of that.

But I was naughty.

Was she grooming you to become Garena
Kapoor then?

No, I think that she was very strongly
involved in my sister's career.

You know, a lot more.

Because Karishma also started at 14 and
it was a different time. And she was

actually one of the first in the family
who actually, you know, was working.

People used to say that light -eyed
girls never make it in Bollywood. As if

old kind of, you know, thoughts were
there. And my mom was like, no.

And sister really wanted to act.

So, she had a huge hand in that.

And then, of course, I think that paved
the way for me. But little Kareena

Kapoor was just like watching all that.

Watching constantly.

And like also being. For me, I feel like
I've lived two careers.

Like I know before things can happen, I
know exactly how it's going to pan out.

Sometimes I like get scared. Because I
know.

Because I've seen so much.

I mean, I've seen my sister's career. My
sister started shooting at the age of

15. I'm six years younger than her.

I was there when she gave her first
shot.

So I've seen her journey.

You know, like, I mean, like I was what?
I mean, seven years old. I was Taimur's

age. So I mean, for me, I've been seeing
it since then.

So I think I'm lucky enough to have that
guidance also.

Like you said, not just watching in the
wings.

It was literally like that. It can be a
movie through my eyes.

Yeah. What was it like growing up in
front of the world? Because your debut

happened when you were a teenager.

Yeah. No, I started shooting at 18.

18. Film released in 2000. I was 20.

But you're still growing up in front of
the world. Like 20 is too young in terms

of... I was an idiot when I was 20.

I wasn't doing the regular things at 20.
You can say that.

College or restaurant, parties, friends
house, sleepovers.

I never had that normal.

Was there a price you paid in your own
eyes? This only?

Letting go of all this stuff? I think
so. You thought about it then?

I mean, I... But that's when that
ambition was there.

That this is more important.

That I want to be an actor.

And for that, I have to maybe sacrifice
a lot or like do this.

That passion was there.

So I never really thought about that.
But now when I sit back and look and

think, that what happens normally, like,
you know, sleeping over at friends'

homes, you know, just chilling that time
with your friends.

I'm working since I was 18. That
chilling and all. Now I feel sometimes I

out time and want to chill with my
friends.

Because 18 to like, you know, almost 30.

I don't remember a time that we didn't
even know that time.

What is the meaning of that?

Our parties were like, we're sitting and
chilling with our crew, with our

people. Growing up in that set.

So that was life.

So which is... Would you change
anything?

No.

Fully like love the journey and
everything? I love the journey. I love

mistakes. I love the journey. I love
the... Every single thing. Because I've

learnt everything here.

Would you want your kids to become
actors or is it too early to... Seven

three, yeah. I think it's... It's too
early. I would definitely want them

Take their decision.

They're great looking boys.

They are, but they have to fly their,
you know, their own way.

That's their journey.

And both Saif and me are very like
different because we both have had such

strong journeys in our individual life.
So both of us are very individually,

very strong parents in our thoughts, in
our approach.

Plus, we've always lived our life the
way we want to live our lives, that we

will never tell our children what to do.

So let them fly. They'll figure out
their direction somewhere or the other

they have to land.

What's like the main advice you're
giving them at this stage?

Because I know you get asked a lot of
questions about the paparazzi angle. I

don't ask you that, but I'm sure as a
parent, there's a human side to you,

is also like thinking about like.

You know, your son's long -term self
-image, like what your mom did for you.

Yeah, of course.

So what is Kareena, the mom, doing for
her kids?

In terms of what do you keep telling
them?

Right now, it's just like, don't fight
with each other.

Because right now, also, we were at home
and I was getting ready and suddenly I

hear Seth screaming on top of his voice.

And I was like, what happened?

And he's yelling, you will not do that.
You will not.

Because right now, it's just pulling
them apart.

Because they're both finding their
identities right now. And Taimur is now

older brother. So he's like, hak
jamauing and, you know, bullying him,

him, pulling him. The little one is just
trying to be like, but I'm also.

You can't do that to me.

So right now, it's like, both happen.
And you're like, kya ho raha hai yaar?

It's like so difficult. Like we didn't
think that we're two boys. It's like

crazy.

And they're both very strong
individuals.

You can tell from now, you know, they
have their own personality because my

younger one is like, I'm not going to be
a, you know, the younger sibling always

has that.

The older sister will always have that
older brother. So he's like, I'm not a

pushover. This is mine. You will not
come to my room.

I'm like, yaar, yeh toh sir filmon mein
dekha tha. Ab toh life mein ho raha hai.

You know, when boys are growing up with
each other, violence is their love

language. Oh, no, yaar.

There's a lot more. Wait till the time
they discover WWE.

They have, because Taimur already has.

So he's wearing his gloves and he's
like, come on, come on. And I'm like,

three. And he's like doing these flying
kicks and some bicycle kicks. And I'm

just like, har yaar.

Nice. Fun.

Yeah, it's fun. I'm learning also.
Because, you know, we come from an all

household, man.

So, what's it like seeing boys?

Just boys?

Yeah. I'm like, you know, I need
somebody like, I need Saif to tell me

fine. Relax. Just chill out. It's okay.
It happens. It happens.

You know.

So, it's just crazy, man. It's just like
every day there's, every 15 minutes

their mood changes.

And I realize they only want to run.

And they only want to eat food.

They only want to give food and they
want to run.

Football and cricket.

Yeah, but one minute, they don't just
want to sit for a second.

Sounds familiar.

You were like that. To all the guys.

I think boys are like that when they're
growing up.

Yeah. You have a need for inflicting
pain upon your sibling, but it's

love. You never cross a threshold with
the pain you're inflicting. Yeah. Even

when you're a kid.

And then if like I fire Jay and I'll
say, why did you kick Taimur? Then

will start crying.

So I'm like, but I'm firing him for you.
Why are you crying? He's like, don't

talk to Jay like that. I'm like, they'll
figure it out.

Brotherhood. Yeah. Exactly.

I think so.

Did you receive flying kicks from
Karishma Kapoor?

No, but like, I'm still very assertive
with her. I think.

It is always the other way around.

I was hug -chamowing on her.

There is... I can't believe I'm giving
you a football example.

But to explain.

So there's a pair of footballers called
Kevin Prince Boateng and Jerome Boateng.

They grew up in a ghetto. Kevin Prince
was also great. He was the older one.

Are they playing now?

They're just about to retire. They might
know them.

Yeah. They were playing for what?

Bayern Munich.

Oh, he loves Bayern Munich.

So they say that the younger one became
a legend.

Because the older one who's also great,
protected the younger one always.

I'm actually comparing this to Karishma
Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor also.

In terms of, I'm sure she's given you
like a lot of mentoring, guidance. Of

course. She is like, I mean like, she's
like my go -to for everything.

Like I just call her for every little
thing.

And honestly, she's like the anchor of
the family.

Because everyone in my family, which is
the Kapoors, as well as the Pataudis,

only calls Karishma.

They'll all call her. So she's like,
whatever happens, call Lolo.

If you need a doctor, who do you need?
Call Lolo.

Any problem, this problem has happened,
I need a cook, I need a... Karishma will

know. So, you know, she's like, because
she has this very strong, like,

personality, you know. She takes
control, takes charge of everything.

She always has the right thing to say.

So I think that she just draws people
towards her.

How does sisterhood evolve?

Best friends.

From like looking up to the older sister
to wanting to be like her.

To now like I think pretty much equals
and best friends.

I think we have that equation now where
we can tell each other that oh I didn't

like this.

I don't like this. And there's a certain
amount of respect that comes in when

you're in your 40s and 50s.

And we're six and a half years apart.

So it's, we're more like friends, like,
you know, who respect each

other. Like, she respects my space as
well.

You know, if I don't want to talk. And
I, vice versa.

Do you have days like that?

I think so. We all, yeah, no?

I can't, I mean, see, this is the curse
of your fame. Like, I've seen your fame.

Like for a big section of my life. So I
really can't imagine you pissed off out

and all.

You know what I mean? I can't imagine
you sad or pissed off or anything.

No, sad is different. Pissed off is
different.

My anger is like, I'm like a soda
bottle.

I'll just go, go, go, go, go, react.

And then after that, I've forgotten also
about it. Like exactly five minutes

later, I'm just like.

I've forgotten what the issue is.

I'm like, why? What is the issue? I've
gone to another, moved on to another

topic. So when I'm fighting with Saif
also, he's like, but you said you're

pissed off. I'm like, yeah, yeah, but
now I'm fine.

So I'm from a generation of urban men,
all of whom have a man crush on your

husband. Oh, really? I know. I've heard
that before.

Like any guy who I've grown up with
loves Saif Ali Khan.

Whenever Saif Ali Khan's name is taken,
there's a lot. And I told him this on

the show as well. That he's taught an
entire generation how to be cool. Yeah,

completely. The entire 2000s Dil Chaata
Hai Time, Hum Tum Salaam Namaste, Bing

Cyrus. An entire generation was written
coolness. I mean, today you can't, I

don't think any actor, he's also quite
irreplaceable in those parts.

Like, I don't know, like if Kalona had
to be made again, I can't see anyone

that part.

Because Saif is just...

He has that vibe like, you know.

Relaxed. And also like, you know, he can
talk shit very well. Yeah. And still be

manly. Yeah. And intellectual.

And intellectual. So that combination
doesn't happen these days.

What was the most attractive thing at
first?

And then during the honeymoon phase,
what was the most attractive? When you

to know Saif Ali Khan.

I think, of course, the first was the
fact that he's, I think, extremely

handsome.

and he was like I mean when I saw him
first I was like I've never seen

so handsome and so like good looking and
you know has that natural royal aura

yeah like he just had a natural glint in
his eye that was like really charming

and you know he also has very kind eyes
which I think women like in

men where they look that when you have
an eye that's so kind where you feel

It's a natural caring, kind eyes that he
has.

So I think that was the first thing, you
know.

And then, of course, I mean, like, I
think I'm still discovering Saif.

Really? Yeah.

I know him. There's no one better in the
world who knows Saif than me. And I can

confidently say that.

He also knows that.

Like, I know exactly what he's thinking
and what he's going to think next.

But I think you're always, because
you're a partner and you are also always

evolving, you know.

So.

We're going to keep discovering each
other, which I think is nice.

But is intelligence like one of the core
reasons?

No, but is intelligence, this idea of
says intelligent, I don't know where, of

course, he's always like, why do always,
why is everybody saying that, okay, he

reads books because books, reading
books, books are meant to be read and

the most normal thing ever.

So I'm like, yeah, I don't know. So he's
like, yeah, I don't know.

Intelligent in the sense, he thinks.

He thinks, you know, and he's, yeah,
he's, I mean, well -read because he's

interested in reading, you know.

But, I mean, like, he's not interested,
like, in worldly politics or, like, I

mean, I don't know. It's not like he's
some, you know.

some economist or something like that or
you know he's not that's why there's

peace in his eyes yeah exactly he's not
like you know he's like i also am like

as normal and whatever this stereotype
comes from one of the older coffee with

karan episodes that you were on where
you said you you you caused this yeah

said something like they don't make men
like that anymore who read and who are

intellectual i mean intellectual in the
sense that

Maybe he thinks a lot more.

More deeply.

Yeah.

You know, this is like my 650th
something episode.

He was my 9th or 8th episode.

Then you should talk to him now.

Yeah. You make it happen.

No, but my point is I wasn't prepared to
do a good podcast with him that time

because I was also too young. Yeah. Now
I think after this, I'm going to tell

him that it's been like it's fun and
you'll get to like speak a lot of what.

And people will get to know the deep,
deeper side to you. Yeah.

I, again, people, I'm getting to know
the deeper side of you right now.

Which is, which is again, like, what you
said, whatever's inside is happening on

your face. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's a very
Punjabi thing.

My,

my whole, like, my nature is like my
mom.

But my entire personality is born
Punjabi.

means I am like a chapa of my father.

And I have no bones about it. And if
anybody has problems, I don't care. I am

like this only.

Me and my father are mirror images of
each other. Like our sense of humor, the

way we eat, the way we talk, the way we
sit.

He also enjoys all these comedy movies.

And like my taste.

Like I'm just born and bred like a...

Punjabi. Full on.

What's your favorite food other than
Chinese food? It is Chinese, right? No,

Chinese, of course, because I think all
the kapoors are obsessed with Chinese.

But my hardcore food is the hardcore
desi Punjabi food

like kadhi chawal, rajma chawal. I'm
like hardcore into all of that.

That's comfort food. That is not
comfort. That is like my proper khana.

In the day, like, I mean, come what may,
in my house, like, Saif eats,

he's very spartan in the day. Like, he
likes to, because he's working in the

and he's, whatever. So, he's like
vegetarian and he'll like, you know,

simple dal sabzi. And he can eat that
every day. In the day, he prefers.

Okay. So, he likes the fact that, you
know, he'll eat the same food.

Every day.

The dal and sabzi.

That gobi and bhindi ka sabzi.

Will be made every day. But for me.

It's like with a passion. I like tell my
cook knows.

Like ek din rajma hai. Ek din kadhi
chawal hai. Ek din chane hai.

It has to.

Punjabi swaad has to be there.

100%. My food is totally different from
these three.

These three.

Kids also. So they eat like him?

They also eat like him. My younger one
is more like me because he also is like

that paratha and white butter and all of
that.

For me, that is like my daily food.

One meal I have to have that. And cheat
meals?

But I am eating paratha every 2 -3 days.

What do you like in Chinese food?

I like Punjabi Chinese.

That Manchurian and Chow Mein. I'm
telling you, it's crazy.

My taste is like that.

Like now also talking about food, I'm
like, oh God, wow.

Too good.

So, but that is the real Geet also. That
Punjabi, that is me also.

Sundays are nice because at my home,
I'll have Sindhi curry, aloo took.

Otherwise, I'll have biryani.

Cookie roti.

You're Sindhi?

I have a lot of Sindhi friends.

That's Koki.

I've grown up. My mom is also half
Sindhi.

So that combination is very scary.

Can you speak Sindhi? No. You can
understand?

No. You feel Sindhi on the inside?

No, I feel full Punjabi.

Yeah? Yeah.

I can't speak Punjabi but I can
understand when Punjabis are talking.

I know.

Also because I love the sound of the
language.

This is a very Bombay Punjabi thing to
say. Yeah.

Same. It's very sweet.

That internally you are very Punjabi but
you can't speak Punjabi. Yeah. Because

I was born in Bombay.

But I feel like I'm full like Desi.
Yeah. Punjabi Desi.

That look that people know that is me
only. That I am for sure.

I feel there's a lot of similarities
between you and your cousin Ranbir

also. Yeah, I know a lot of people say
that also.

He also is, I think, similar because he
has an attitude and a confidence and an

air that, again, is just nobody has, I
think.

In the Indian film industry. I'm very
biased. I don't know if I'm biased. I

don't even actually think I'm biased.
Because I genuinely think there's no one

like Ranbir Kapoor.

It's the Raj Kapoor genes that have like
trailed down.

He is so like a deadly combination.

Because Chintu uncle also is such a fine
actor.

Neetu aunty is such a great actress.

Plus he has.

What do people not know about him?

And or the question could be, how is he
like as a brother?

I think Ranbir also is like, I find
Ranbir and Saif also are very similar,

extremely kind.

Also, they have very kind eyes. Even
Ranbir's eyes are very kind, you know,

because he's genuinely, also I think
he's a very no -nonsense person. I think

he really likes you, he likes you. If he
doesn't like you, he's the kind of

person to, you know, he doesn't make too
much of an effort then, you know.

What you see is what you get.

Extremely loving.

Also very charming.

I think that's why he has the entire
nation dancing to his tunes.

So I think that he's also very unique, I
think, in a way.

I think if you're not charming, you
can't have a film career. Because the

shows up on screen, but you also need it
in the off -camera.

Yeah, and it has to be natural.

It can't be put on.

That put on, I think people pick up.

So I feel Ranbir has a very natural air
to him.

Where did this darkness that we see in
Animal come from? Like in his eyes, like

the way he's delivering some of those
scenes.

Like, I'm like, how did he become that
person in that scene? Like, and I'll

you the other way of asking the same
question. The same thought has been

by me to Mukesh Chhabra also on the
show. I was asking about what creates a

actor. And it was like life experiences.
Then it went into this whole nepotism,

like, conversation.

And then he said that, but the exception
is Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor. So I

tried asking him, what's special about
you guys?

So he said that usually people who are
good actors are also very empathetic.

And perhaps empathy runs in that gene
pool.

That you can pick up other people's
emotions much more easily. Yeah. I'm

I know this is like too deep. No, but
empathy is such an important aspect,

you've said. It is.

In your performance.

To be empathetic towards another person
and to feel that what the other

characters are also feeling and to bring
out that emotion is also so important.

So empathy is very important in
performances.

You can read other people easily?

I think, yeah. And that's tiring.

Why? Because then you can read, you know
exactly like what that person is, what

the person is going to say, whether they
actually mean it.

That's why I like to keep my circle
small.

Because it also tires you, drains you.

Everyone's viewing you with the nether
of, oh, I'm talking to Kareena Kapoor.

Yeah. That gets tiring?

Of course that gets tiring. Gets tiring
a little bit.

Now it does.

Now you just want to like be yourself.

With YouTube fame, which is hyper niche,
I feel tired. So I can't imagine what

your reality is in terms of stamina and
exhaustion.

I don't know how to.

I mean, explain it. But that's why I
always, I think, off late because

obviously, I mean, I've been around for
so long. I keep my circle small. I don't

do too many interviews. I don't like to
do too much because I'm like, Abhi, you

know, you should also enjoy your stardom
and your fans from watching you also on

the screen because you have, there's
always going to be a part of you little

in each character, you know, that you
kind of pick up.

That's also important.

So I want people to pick up that also
through Eat Film.

Have you ever felt lonely throughout
this journey?

Well, I mean, of course. I think people
will never really understand what you

are feeling at that time. Because
sometimes you have to do so many things

others no matter what you are going
through.

That you are dying from 102 fever but
there is no one with you.

They don't care.

If you want to give a shot, you have to
give it. If you want to go, you have to

go.

And people have done that. So what
you're feeling inside, sometimes nobody,

much can they understand?

You have to be a professional.

In this job, yes.

Plus, you know, people will... There's
no sick leave.

There's also no room to have a bad day
if you're going out in public. If you're

having a worse day, people will...
There's no room to feel emotion for

apart from that you have to make sure
that...

You're just being that perfect star at
that time.

So many things can be happening. So
many, I mean, anything could have had a

fight with my mom, could have had a
fight with my son, with anything. But at

that time, it just has to be you and the
camera.

In that sense, this profession is, that
is the demanding.

Not keep promotion.

That also is demanding.

That has now taken out the juice of.

Becoming an act. Being an actor. Or
being a star.

You know.

But it's the internal emotion. That if
tomorrow anything is happening around

you. Anything.

Somebody could be dying. But if you are
in the shot. That's it.

It's just you and the camera. It's very
selfish. But that's the price you have

to pay.

And that's what I feel is demanding.

All these other things are all
unnecessarily. They're not important.

Like events, this and that, film
promotions, all that is all

temporary. Honestly, it doesn't matter.

That is not demanding.

Just this craft aspect.

Craft. You always have to give that a
200 % even if you're...

That is where the job is demanding.

Is your craft going on outside of a film
set ever?

No. As in, in the sense, performing or?

No, I mean, when you go out in public,
you are maintaining that brand.

That, of course, has to happen.

How do you dress at home?

I dress like, I mean, like, put so
strange. Saif today is like, God.

To go to an event.

So many people. So many clothes.

He's like what has happened to.

Actors. I said I don't know. I don't
want to do this. I want to also just go

like you know.

Like you know.

Interviews also.

Sometimes in my old interviews. I'm
wearing some dirty t -shirt and jeans.

But I'm like that had its charm.

But I don't know.

These days there's a lot of pressure.

like look hot diva everyone wants to be
that fashion so i

mean you know i guess you look like a
diva even in the t -shirt yeah but

what i'm like i'm happy so he's like why
are you doing all this he's like the

entire house has been taken over with
clothes and like people so he's like is

this really what it is i'm like yeah

I think that old time is going to come
back now. That's my thoda gut feel. I

hope so, yeah. You don't feel so? I hope
so, honestly.

I have like one more compliment for you.

Okay? You can just deliver the
compliment. Apart from the sunflower.

This whole podcast has been a string of
compliments. I don't know. But I'm also

carrying all the compliments I got from
people who I told.

about this podcast.

Like, I always talk to these people who
are very, like, deeply, like, you know,

they're film nerds and they're film
industry nerds. Oh, really? And lots of

people are Kareena Kapoor fans.

So, most people told me to ask you about
the following topic, okay? Okay. Before

I tell you the topic, I'll tell you the
compliment.

The compliment is, like, we spoke about
this whole tiring thing, kids get

demanding, okay? And it's been a while
that you've been, like, relevant yeah

yeah fight for relevance it doesn't just
happen there is hard work there's

discipline there's working on being like
you know on exhausted days you have to

still um but it doesn't ever show up on
your face usually with a

lot of people who age yeah their noor
goes away like you know but uh

Still like there. Like what's happening
in your heart.

Because I feel. The day I.

This hunger.

So it's same. Because it's like.

I'm at peace with myself.

Like with whatever.

But I'm still hungry for.

More.

I'm satisfied. But I'm not satiated.

If I'm making sense.

Like you feel gratitude for everything
that's there already and everything

that's happened.

Of course.

But some more feel even better.

It's more like that hunger should
constantly be there.

And there should always be a feeling of
like, but I can do that.

The day that goes away, I will just be
like, I'm done.

So that is still there.

But it might go, I don't know, 5, 10
years, 15 years, 20 years. I don't know.

Like people who know me say that I'll be
working till I'm 80.

Because they know me.

And I always say that, oh, yeah, yeah,
whatever.

But I always feel like, no, but I can do
that. But I can do this film. But I can

do that. So that is what keeps you, you
know, on your toes.

Are you doing it for someone?

Are you doing it for your mother? Are
you doing it for your kids?

No. I'm doing it for myself.

I'm doing it for myself.

My kids like today my son has asked me
that again you're doing makeup mama you

like makeup lots I think.

So he's still figuring out.

But it's not that. I'm doing it for
myself.

I'm doing it to be you know satisfied
satiated for myself be happy.

And To prove to myself that, you know,
that I want to always be this

person that you've just asked me this
question that hopefully 25 years later

also you might ask me this question.

What's been like the most difficult
phase through all this?

Has there been any phase that stood out
as like that was challenging?

I mean, a phase, I think that in 25
years, there's been too many ups and

In fact, the amount of failures I have
seen.

If you go back to a trajectory of my
career, there have been a string of

that have happened. And if it happened
to anybody, honestly, nobody would

survive this.

Nobody. But we never talk about that
because there is a certain aura

or perception, a feeling that that's her
or whatever.

And I've never let people feel that.

because maybe I've been good in those
films or however it is I've worked hard

for that but there are there have been a
string of films that have not worked

before Jab Be Met where I've always
tried to be like okay none of the films

working what's going to happen now and a
lot of things people don't know that

after before Jab Be Met I had not worked
for a year I had said no to so many

films and I was at home because I was
like so many films are not doing well I

need to take a step back to reassess why
the hell this is happening

To wait for that perfect script.

Which will come. Which might take a year
or two. But I must be prepared to pull

back. Why was it happening? Because you
were rushing with like.

Yeah just doing any and every film. Not
really thinking maybe about it. Films

were not working at the box office.

And ultimately box office success is
important.

At the end of the day.

Numbers matter. You are chasing that.

Whatever it is, we are chasing the
craft. We are chasing the art. But with

we are also chasing the fact that this
longevity has happened also because of

the box office.

Also, yes, of course, like you said, my
confidence, personality, blah, blah,

blah. Of course, my performance is that
I have been at it.

That gumption is there.

But we can't deny that. We can't take
away from that also.

Did you internalize the pain of those
failures?

Or did you just let go of it?

No, of course, I was very upset. I was
like traumatized. I would cry myself to

sleep for many nights that why are my
films not working? What is it that is

happening that like everybody, because
even people were like, she's so good.

that one film, it just needed that one
turn, which was not happening.

So that phase will always happen, I
think. And in 25 years, I feel, in fact,

my... I'm known more for my failures
than my success.

If my failures were not known, then I
would not have that one,

you know, feeling of, wow, okay, that's
success, that has happened.

Do you realize that at this stage you're
beyond failure and success?

I'm sorry, I'm softening it.

like for you because i know you've got a
whole warrior spirit about yeah so i

don't mean to take away from that at all
yeah like i admire that about you but

there's very few people who've gone and
reached that icon status out of years of

hard work behind them but i never want
to know that sorry i

never want to get into this like you
know

I want to know that this picture has to
work. How it has to work? What has to be

done? You know, we have to give it our
best.

Let's make it work. What is it like?

You know, how do we improve it? Let's
try and do that.

You know, so that feeling has to be
there.

Because otherwise then... What's the
meaning of life?

Yeah, so I don't want to ever have that
feeling.

Do you have a visual of your 70s and
80s?

in your head with Ranveer I don't know
what is your thing you don't want to

maybe you don't want to be doing podcast
I don't know what you want to do I want

to leave civilization and that's not
something cool like actually I don't do

that you want to be in Mumbai I don't
know Mumbai or where now I don't know

wherever now once the kids grow up who
knows I don't know maybe somewhere in

hills in the mountains yeah same no
maybe you'll be neighbors

Dharamshala. Yeah.

Somebody, somewhere, beautiful hills.

You know, I mean, we are, I mean, of
course, I think our country is gorgeous

we've never really, we've not even had
the time to explore it, you know.

So, I keep seeing images where I would
like to go, you know.

And, who knows, a retired life
somewhere.

Kasoli time.

So beautiful.

Deeper. Deeper into the mountain.

Deeper into the mountain.

That you will go.

What do you want from life?

I mean, for me, I just want to be like
happy and content.

In the middle of both.

You're there right now?

The middle of both. I think I'm happy
being with my family, my children.

And my husband. I think that gives me a
lot. My work gives me that.

But.

I think. One has to keep striving.

To find that.

Perfection. And we don't know if there
is perfection or not. No one really

that.

People who are not Kareena Kapoor. Know
that perfection exists.

No. I think.

I am also a completely imperfect.

I am also like.

Trying to also figure out what to do and
what not to do.

Half of my life is spent satisfying
people.

What do they want? What do I need to do?
What do I want to do?

That comes later.

So that has just started.

What I want to do. You do a very good
job of not letting people know these

things. That's what I say. Because there
are a lot of common narratives about

you in people's heads.

there is no envy that I sense from
anyone. There's a lot of aspiration.

Yeah. Guys, girls, everyone like loves
your family life, loves what you've done

with your work and at the core loves
your self -confidence.

Yeah, I think that's where it comes from
now. Everything. Like everyone now

deals with some level of a lack of self
-love and we sense

that you're at the other end of the
spectrum.

You know, that someone... Like Pooh.
Yeah. You know?

That's why those characters are iconic.

They are more relevant now than then.

Yeah. Evergreen. Because people want to
be that. Yeah. Still.

Before we let you go, Kareena, you want
to talk a little bit about Kru?

I think it's a really cool, fun film.

I think...

After a few days, after action -action
films, a good comedy film is coming out.

And also it's like, it's fun.

You know, it has this all women
-centric, women kind of female energy,

fun. Like there's Tabu, Kriti, me, I
think.

Yeah, I think that people are looking
forward to that little mad, crazy, fun

friendship film, which I think this is.

And hopefully our people will love me
because it's comedy after a long time

I'm doing.

All of us need that. I think all of us
need that now in the cinemas for a bit.

Yeah, we've been missing that vibe. And
what I will say is that the trailer is

looking fantastic.

Yeah, I think so. It's like got a vibe.
Everybody's like the buzz is like quite

like exciting.

I've always felt like a connection with
you. I have two things to say to you

before you go. Three things.

The first thing I'll say is that give us
a chance to host you at our space.

Yeah, of course.

Okay, it's different.

Yeah, there's an energy in that. Where
is that space?

It's nearby.

Oh, where you say.

But it'll make a difference to the
conversation whenever you wish. The

thing I'll say is that because you love
Chinese food, I've got you something.

This is from me. There's no brand
sponsor involved.

Okay. It's just a gift from one human
being to another. It's like Chinese

Oh my God.

Wow. Chili sauce and all that. So sweet.

These are all like my favorite things
which suit my palate. So maybe the

in me is gifting the Punjabi in you. All
the Asian sauces I can see.

Wow.

And the third thing I'll say is your
time is a blessing.

So thank you for being the sunflower of
India, Kareena Kapoor. Thank you for

having me on your lovely podcast.

I hope you had fun. Yeah, I think it was
a nice casual chat. It's so nice. Like

I said, it's always you make it
comfortable.

The whole country admires Kareena
Kapoor. So I'm glad that you gave us the

chance to show another side of Kareena
Kapoor to the world. Thank you. Thank

for having me.

As I'm recording this outro, Kareena
Kapoor Khan has just left the room.

And so has all that magnetic energy.
There's nothing much for me to say other

than the fact that I really want to do
one more conversation with her at some

point. Perhaps in Hindi the next time.

For some reason, I do feel a deeper
connection with her. Even though she is

Kareena Kapoor Khan, when I'd gone on
her show, I was just able to flow with

in terms of conversation.

Call that a Punjabi connect. Call that a
type A personality connect. I don't

know what it is. But if you truly get to
be in her presence, you get to see who

she is as a human being, a lot of the
misconceptions around Kareena Kapoor

will fade away.

There's a lot of misconceptions
surrounding her. That's what I feel. And

sure that this podcast showed you what
the real Kareena Kapoor Khan is all

about. Hopefully, she'll be back on TRS.
And the next time, it's going to be in

our studio. Make sure you go watch Crew.
And make sure you keep watching The

Ranveer Show.