EXCLUSIVE: Arjun Kapoor on bullying post his dad’s marriage with Sridevi: Friends asked, “How does it feel to have a new mom?”

While Arjun Kapoor comes from a very celebrated family of a producer father Boney Kapoor and actor uncles Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor, his life has been far from perfect. His parents, Boney and Mona Kapoor, got separated at a very young age and he had to go through the troubles of a broken family that was far from coming back as one whole. From having a stepmother after Boney’s marriage to Sridevi, to be bullied in school when friends would ask him, ‘How does it feel to have a new mom?’ Arjun has had his own kind of struggle which is often overlooked because of the stature that the Kapoors hold. In an exclusive chat with us, Arjun Kapoor, who was last seen in Sardar Ka Grandson, opened up about suffering through his parents’ separation and then accepting a whole new family who is still trying to be together.

When we asked Arjun what it was like to live through those years, the actor said, “Growing up as a kid I had to go through a separation of parents which today doesn’t seem like a big deal to most city kids because there is social media and everything is out there and we are very aware of the western civilization. At that time it was very hard because my father was a very high profile man, making one of the biggest films and the woman he chose to be with was the biggest superstar India has seen. If you combine perhaps all the stardom of all the young actors today, you would have her star status. So it was very very high profile. To be asked by kids, your best friends in school, ‘How does it feel having a new mom?’ It’s not easy, so it makes you go into a shell, you become more vulnerable about things. Again this is not to create sympathy or a sad story. This is the reality that happened, I fought through it. I want people to know that this is the reality and it has happened I am not complaining. We have accepted and adapted, Janhvi, Khushi, Anshula and I exist together and that is life such journey.”

The Ishaqzaade actor further talked about living in a family with all the changes that it has gone through in the past, Arjun said that what happened is very strange to articulate, because you can never call it a complete family anymore, “You can never call it complete for anybody, there is a part that is incomplete for all four of us and that is the most important part. So complete nai hai. I don’t want to sell that we are a happy family and we are perfect. I don’t want to sell that fake imagery because we are not that we still have; it’s not a difference of opinion but were still different families that are still trying to merge and we are still trying to exist and be ok with each other.” Arjun said that he would be lying to say that his family is perfect and an idol one, “We have an amazing time when we get together but we are still not like one unit that is always together and that would be a fake lie that I would sell you know that everything perfect. It’s not always perfect, we are still figuring each other out. There are days when my father and I are still figuring each other out. We speak a lot more now, there is a lot more exchange of love. By love, I mean the concern about each other because we feel more connected. Even with Janhvi and Khushi, I am sure it is vice versa. We are learning to evolve and be in that happy space.”

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