Bollywood star Karisma Kapoor on comebacks and media intrusion

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00:00She belongs to the first family of Bollywood.

00:11She is a national award winning actress, a mother of two but doesn't look it.

00:15Karisma Kapoor, the beautiful and the vivacious actress, thank you so much for taking time

00:21out to speak with us and talking to us.

00:23Karisma, tell me who actually does the shopping at home, who does the weekly grocery shopping?

00:27Oh my god, you will be surprised but it's me.

00:29Really?

00:30That's my downtime, I like doing that, I think that's what keeps me grounded.

00:35I like to do hisaab and see what is the prices of vegetables and fruits that are happening

00:43and I enjoy doing that.

00:44Are you the actual typical Indian woman who will actually haggle as well and say, this

00:48is too high, this needs to be lower?

00:50I don't haggle but sometimes I'm like, it's so expensive.

00:54But yeah, I enjoy doing that.

00:56I think it's good to be in touch with reality, to be in touch with what's happening around

01:01you on a very honest level of what's happening in the world.

01:07What is a typical shopping cart, how do you get a mix of fibre, protein, healthy items

01:14especially because you have two kids at home who you need to make sure have a healthy diet?

01:19You know, honestly, I don't do much.

01:22I think in today's time, you know, with the internet and there's so much to read about

01:26and so much to do and so many new superfoods and you know, so many superfoods happening

01:32and all this, I do things at the values that I grew up with.

01:37I think my mom did well, if I may say so and me and Kareena, you know, I mean, we're fit,

01:42we're healthy, we know a little, you know, like what's right and wrong and I keep it

01:46very basic and very simple.

01:48So in my home, like there's dal, sabzi, roti, very simple things.

01:53Actually, my children eat ghee, I try to kind of avoid it but I do enjoy having ghee as

02:01well and actually my grandmother introduced us to ghee and she had such amazing skin and

02:07hair so that is the secret.

02:08Has your grandmother passed down any recipe to your mom who has now passed down to you

02:13which one day you will pass down to your daughter?

02:14I think, you know, knowing the Kapoors, there are many treasured food recipes which we relish

02:22and we eat but at the same time, we like to strike the right balance, you know, that you

02:26eat healthy as well and we do eat the typically Punjabi rich food as well which we love doing.

02:32So, everything in life has to be balanced.

02:34What's your take on the flash in the pan diets that we see like Keto, Atkins, do they really work?

02:39I cannot, I wouldn't like to just, you know, comment and it's to its own.

02:44I know people love doing them but like I said, I do everything in balance.

02:51So, when I was on the ride over here, I ate a big piece of chocolate cake even though

02:55you may not believe me but that's the truth.

02:57I like to eat everything.

02:59So, like for example, like when I'm in Dubai, when I'm in the UAE, I love to go to good

03:03restaurants, I enjoy the food.

03:05Then when I go back, then I eat normal homemade food.

03:08So, it's always good to have a good balance, you know.

03:11I think having just salad and you know, being on this, you know, like depriving yourself.

03:17Exactly and you know, having a few leaves and you know, lemon water.

03:21I can't live like that, I can't do that.

03:23We saw your Insta posts, you were spending time on the beach, you seem to have a good

03:27time in Dubai.

03:28Tell us what is your favourite thing to do here in the UAE?

03:30Well, like I just said, I'm the big foodie, the Kapoor foodie.

03:34So, I love all the restaurants.

03:35So, where would we find you?

03:36Oh my god, I can't say that.

03:38Oh my god.

03:39Actually, there are too many favourites, I can't really say but like you know that I

03:44think I have a beautiful connection with the UAE and I love coming back.

03:48It's lovely that you know, it's so close to home that we can come here and it feels

03:53like home.

03:53You're also now actually spread into the web series arena as well with Mental Hood.

03:59Tell us, what drew you to the show?

04:01Well, you know honestly, I can't talk much about that right now but the next time we'll

04:04talk about it.

04:05Tell me something, why you picked this show over?

04:08Well, I think it's, I love the script.

04:11I think it's close to my heart.

04:13It's something that I live on a daily basis.

04:16It's about motherhood.

04:18It's about being a mom every second and you know, the ups and downs, the good, the bad,

04:24everything that goes with it.

04:26What's your take on the recent web boom we've seen in India?

04:29I mean, Saif has done a phenomenal job in Secret News.

04:32It's amazing.

04:32I think there's so many, there's so much great talent out there and now we have another

04:37avenue to show that talent.

04:39Is this a good time to be an actor or actress?

04:42Always a good time to be an actor.

04:45I'm just saying generally like you know, I mean so many years ago people would ask me

04:49that you know, they say you know, they're heroine oriented films being made today but

04:54that was happening even at my time.

04:55Like if you see films like Bibi No. 1, Fiza, Zubeda, Shakti.

05:00So I think if you're a good actor, you're a good artist, you'll always find good roles

05:05in every generation.

05:06Like right from mother India to today.

05:08When are we seeing you back in Bollywood?

05:11I don't know.

05:12I never planned anything in my life so you never know.

05:15I could do a movie, I could not.

05:16I haven't decided.

05:17What do you mean?

05:18Because not you, you would break the hearts of your millions of fans.

05:21So I haven't decided.

05:23I just go by my instincts.

05:24So let's see.

05:25Is it something that you would actually even consider and maybe have a chat even with,

05:28you know, your sister?

05:29I do hear scripts.

05:31It's not that I don't.

05:32I hear a lot of scripts but I'm just waiting for something really exciting that actually

05:38gets me from home to go on the set again.

05:40You're also actually, you have a very big presence on social media as well even though

05:44you can't convince your sister to get on social media.

05:48But you know, with that in mind, that also brings in a lot of responsibility and a lot

05:52of negativity.

05:53How do you handle that?

05:54Well, I think it's a part of life to do, you know, social media and we all need to

06:00take it in our stride.

06:02And I think social media is a fun place and even though I'm a very private person and

06:07people know that and they respect that about me because, you know, that's just the way

06:10I've always been.

06:11I think I've enjoyed exploring the avenue of social media.

06:16So it's been nice.

06:17Because of social media, we see a prevalence of cameras in our faces.

06:21You're a mother of two children.

06:23You're an aunt to probably the most photographed child in Bollywood today, Taimur.

06:29How do you, I mean, does that ever actually, you know, bring with a sense of dread as well

06:34because of cameras and the children are kind of growing up in the face of cameras?

06:38You know, I think we have to deal with it.

06:41I think being in the line and profession that we come from and we have to see the positive

06:46side of it.

06:47Is that, you know, our children, our little Taimur, you know, people love so much.

06:52So they're being photographed and they're getting blessings every day.

06:55So that's the best way for, you know, me and Kareena and Sev to kind of look at this

07:00space.

07:01And I think we try and give our children the most normal life.

07:07Like when they're at home, there are no cameras in their face.

07:10School life is very bright.

07:11So they have chores to do around the house?

07:13Yes, absolutely.

07:14Yes.

07:15What is a typical day at home?

07:17Like any normal mom, you know, telling their child what to do, how to do it.

07:22I mean, it's very normal.

07:24It's very, I mean, the way we grew up and we, I think we have a strong value system

07:30from our parents.

07:31So we like to instill that in our children, especially in today's times.

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