Neetu Kapoor is basking within the success of her comeback movie JugJugg Jeeyo, wherein she portrayed the function of a lady caught in an sad marriage. Making a comeback to movies was not straightforward choice for Neetu, particularly after the demise of her husband Rishi Kapoor. But her son Ranbir Kapoor and daughter-in-law Alia Bhatt gave her the enhance of confidence she wanted on the time.
The actor shared, “Since Ranbir and Alia are such fabulous actors, I would ask them for guidance. They would tell me, ‘Just learn your lines and say it.’ They would give me that courage. I was nervous and I would ask them if I could read my lines to them. They would tell me, ‘You’ll be fine.’”
Neetu Kapoor additional heaped reward on dauther-in-law Alia Bhatt. She stated, “Alia is so uncorrupted and pure, which is nice to see. She is so real. There are moments when she is talking to me and then I realise suddenly that iska dhyaan ab mere mein nahi hai. I ask her, ‘Alia, you’ve left the room, right? Ok, let’s change the topic.’ If you can see that on someone’s face, that is nice. There are people who think something, feel something else and say something else altogether. I am scared of such people.”
The actor then shared how issues have modified in her career over time, calling it a welcome change. “Things have been very totally different then. Time ka koi hisaab nahi tha (No one stored a tab on time). Since I used to be younger and energetic, I might do three shifts in a day. I don’t suppose I can try this now. Haalat kharaab ho jaati.
“However, it used to be fun then, even if we had fewer facilities on set. We have done make-up sitting on roads. Saree pakad ke (By holding a sarees as a curtain), we have changed clothes. We used to go to public toilet. We have lived that life. We never had AC. As we used to shoot in hot summers, we would sit in front of fans to make sure that our make-up doesn’t run,” she added.
Neetu Kapoor additionally recalled how younger she was when she began appearing in main roles. She shared an anecdote from her expertise of working with Amitabh Bachchan in Yaarana in 1981.
She stated, “Those days I didn’t even know what I was doing. People would give me dialogues to say, aur mein bol deti thi (and, I used to just say it). That’s why I had that naturalness because I didn’t know what I was doing. I was just too young. I remember once I was doing a scene with Amitabh Bachchan in Yaarana. I think it was some romantic dialogue. As I was saying it, he started laughing. I was 15-years-old and I was saying heavy duty dialogue, and he was laughing. So I asked him what happened, and he said, ‘I don’t think you understand the meaning of the dialogues. Tu sirf bol rahi hai (You are just saying these lines). Teri maa ne bola acting karo jaake, pohcha diya idhar (Your mother wanted you to be an actor, and sent you here).’ I was like, ‘Yeah, really!’ Then I got married at the age of 21. That’s what I started maturing, and then I gave up acting.”
On being requested if she now revisits her outdated work and if there’s a specific movie that she doesn’t like and wish to do it otherwise, Neetu stated, “Saari buri thi! (All of them were bad!)”
“I find all of them so ajeeb (weird). I was so young back then. I was chhotu (small) and motu (fat). I wonder what I was doing,” she added.
In this new section of life, Neetu Kapoor needs to work extra and preserve herself blissful. She stated, “I just want to keep myself busy. I want to keep on doing something. I want to do work that brings happiness to me. I am not working for fame. At this age, I don’t need to be famous. Fame hai, thoda bohot log jaante hai (I am a bit famous, some people know me). I don’t need money. Ab meri kitni hi zarooratein hai? The time when I wanted things has passed. All that is gone now. I just want to keep myself happy and occupied, which I hope I can do.”
Neetu now has an enormous fan following on social media. Videos of her banter with paparazzi preserve going viral. On this, the actor stated, “My husband is not any extra. Ghar pe alag sanatta rehta hai (There is lot of silence in the home). So after I exit and meet individuals, I discuss so much. And that’s what occurs with the paps too. They all come and discuss. And after I don’t discuss, they ask me what occurred and the way I don’t have something to speak about. So I inform them, ‘Pucho, baat karo‘ (You ask me questions and discuss to me).
“I love every bit of it. I talk because I need to talk to somebody. So I love it when I get so many people to talk to. When they ask me things, I tell them things. I remember their names also now. I know Manoj, Chhotu and so many others. I told them how I have one show now and then I am going to miss them. So, I tell them, ’Abhi jitni baat karni hai, kar lo (Talk as much as you want now),’” she added.
Neetu Kapoor can be thrilled that she has change into an “accidental influencer” now. She shared, “50+ age waalon ki influencer ban gayi hoon (I have become an influencer for 50+ year olds). That too accidental. I am an accidental influencer. I don’t know why I am, but it is nice.” When requested if she will get scared that she can be trolled, she stated, “Not at all! Trolls are faceless people. I don’t know who they are, so who cares.”
With each passing day, Neetu is discovering a brand new side of life. However, she misses the time spent together with her husband. She shared, “Hota hai na (It happens). You have a partner for years, and one day, he is not there. He was my constant companion. Your husband doesn’t remain your husband after so many years. He becomes your friend. Gussa bhi karte hai (We used to get angry). We used to fight. But, I found comfort in the fact that he was there. Somebody was there for me at all times in my house. If he would cough, I would listen to him. if I coughed, he would listen to me.”
