Actor Arjun Kapoor has opened up about his father Boney Kapoor leaving mom Mona Shourie and tying the knot with Sridevi again in 1996. Arjun, whose newest movie Sardar Ka Grandson is presently streaming on Netflix, mentioned “love is complex.”
Speaking to Film Companion, Arjun received candid about his relationship along with his father, which received strained after his dad and mom separated. “It’s about compatibility, there is friendship, there is saturation. There is unfortunate frustration, people go through different phases in life. You could have been in love with somebody, and you can fall in love with somebody after that, and that has to be understood,” Arjun mentioned within the interview.
Arjun Kapoor with father Boney Kapoor and sisters Anshula, Janhvi and Khushi. (Photo: Express Archives)
He added, “I can’t say I’m okay with what my father did, because as a child I felt the repercussions, but I understand it. I can’t say ‘theek hai, hota hai’ (it’s fine as such things happen), because I will always wonder. But when I rationalise it as an older person who’s dealing with his own relationship highs and lows, you understand.”
Arjun, who grabbed eyeballs when he stood like a pillar of help for Boney Kapoor after the demise of Sridevi in 2018, the actor candidly mentioned, “My mother’s upbringing came in my head. She would’ve told me to be by my father’s side regardless of what obstacles we face, because of a choice he made where he fell in love. And I respect my father for falling in love again. Because love is complex. And we would be silly and churlish sitting here in 2021 saying that you only fall in love once. It’s very Bollywood-ised. Love is complex, love is complicated, love isn’t always about being in love.”
Arjun, who has again and again written heartfelt notes about lacking his mom at each juncture of life, concluded, “You try and be a good son, because that’s what my mother would want.”
Boney Kapoor has two daughters with Sridevi – actor Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor. The two ladies now share a superb rapport with Arjun and his sister Anshula.
Arjun’s mom Mona Shourie handed away a month earlier than the discharge of his debut movie Ishaqzaade in 2012.
