Karisma Kapoor: I quit because I had burnout but I enjoyed being away from the limelight – Big Interview | Hindi Movie News
You just played a cop in an investigative thriller called Brown. Your sister Kareena Kapoor Khan is also slated to play a cop in a murder mystery with Hansal Mehta. Do you and Kareena always agree?
It’s not an intentional decision but I think it’s nice to be able to have a similarity. I can say that we were lucky to be able to come up with ideas and discuss scenarios. That’s what sisters are. Sometimes, you can talk to a friend and maybe they don’t really understand where you are coming from. But I think Kareena and I are very lucky and lucky because we can obviously talk about anything under the sun. Even when it comes to work, we just understand each other.
Do the two of you always influence each other’s decisions whether in real life or in career?
That’s how jokes play out in the house. Obviously there’s sister stuff going on all the time – borrowing clothes, discussing movies, talking about motherhood, being a family – that’s how Kareena and I can talk about anything under the sun. sun. But it’s true, Kareena and I have clearly supported each other and pushed each other through every stage of life. I think we’re always helping each other to hopefully do the right thing. For me, that’s the beauty of my relationship with her.
Has a movie or character ever changed your life? Are you forced to change your point of view?
Can I say something funny? Back in the 90s and 2000s, life, perception, and emotions changed every Friday. Like it or not, by Friday you have to make changes depending on the circumstances and the outcome of your release. So then you have to get used to it. Today may be Thursday and you may feel like nothing can happen tomorrow, but Friday changes everything. The moral of the story is that you have to keep doing your best. Stay focused, keep doing your best. And that’s all that matters. I feel it’s important to be honest with everyone – the audience, the people, the film industry, the director, the critics, and everyone else. Just do your best and leave everything else until Friday.
When you compare the peak of your career to where you are now, how has things changed? Is the working atmosphere completely different? Is there still fierce competition?
It’s not about competition anymore. I think it’s a great time to be an actor today. There are many diverse roles in the industry today. There are many interesting scenarios provided. People are making movies, shows and all kinds of content. It was a very exciting time because the goal was to become an artist, not a star. That’s how I look at change.
We have been informed that you do not like the term back. Why aversion to that thought?
Oh my God. Honestly, the word return should be packed and sent out. Let’s not keep doing that to us actors. You tell me, when someone comes back to the office after a few years, is that person going back to the corporate world? He or she has just returned to work. And people go on behaving normally with that person. I think the same should happen to actors, regardless of whether they are male or female. But especially for women. People tend to refer to the label ‘back’ too often and too easily.
You are officially back with Dangerous Ishhq in 2012.
It’s been more than 10 years. Don’t do that. Don’t call it a comeback. They don’t even do it in Hollywood. They never said that a particular actor was returning. They just say that a former actor is now in a new movie and how cool and amazing it is. So I think we should treat it the same way.
Since Dangerous Ishq, in the past 10 odd years, do you feel you should have done more in terms of workload? Should you sign more projects?
Honestly, it’s out of my choice. My child is young. I want to stay at home. I started working at an unusually young age. I worked right out of school, literally. And I’ve done a lot of back movies. I worked four shifts a day and three shifts a day for many years. I will have 8 to 10 releases per year. Thankfully, most of them were successful. But the problem is that I’ve been doing a lot of work and I think it’s reached the point of exhaustion. And then it was my choice not to proceed. I don’t want to leave home and get hurt. I didn’t want to go to an outdoor location for 100 days. It’s my choice to make it easy.
Have you ever felt the need to get back into the limelight?
I am very happy to be away. People keep asking me, ‘How do you feel about not appearing in public?’ I love that time. I’ll just relax and do things at home. I missed my family, I missed doing the things that children do when they were very young. So I caught up with all of that and I enjoyed that period. I’m so happy to step out of the limelight.
Would you like to get back on the wheel at some point in the future? Or would you rather make it easy?
Although I enjoyed being on set, today, I needed to be really motivated to shoot. Let me put it this way, today, when I was offered a role like the one in Brown, I felt, ‘Oh my God, I need to go and do this’. I need that level of motivation to go to work. If you’re asking, what’s next? My answer is, maybe I’ll go back to work, maybe not. Kisso pata. I work from my heart. Whatever I’ve done in my life, I’ve done it from my heart. I will continue to do that.
How does your kids Samaira and Kiaan influence your decision about work right now?
Honestly, I think they’re happy that I’m back on set. I think they know that Mom has been at home for quite some time. And now, when they grow up, they say ‘Mom, you should work too’. I think they are very supportive in that sense. They were definitely happy to see me out of the house.
Have any of them decided if they will follow in their mother’s footsteps?
No, I think they are too young. I want to keep them out of the limelight so they can have a normal childhood. I think that’s very important to me as a parent. I like that they have their anonymity now.
