MUMBAI: Previously, it was thought that women in the film industry had a finite shelf life and that the day they got married would be the end of their career as the leading lady in movies. However, Kareena Kapoor Khan decided to forge ahead and refused to compromise on either her marriage or her work. At the height of her career, she wed Saif Ali Khan, and she is still acting in leading roles today, two children later. But even she received advice against getting married because it would end her career completely.
Kareena reflected on her decision to marry Saif, which she made after listening to her heart rather than what other people had to say. She said, “Everyone was like if you get married your career might be over and it would take a beating. I was madly in love and I thought it is fine. If producers and directors would be like my career is over because I got married, then I think it’s maybe their loss. It’s a weird thing. I couldn’t believe it. I was like, ‘Okay, let’s see what happens.’ And I just did it.”
Kareena claimed that even after her marriage, she remained self-assured and had no fears. She firmly feels that others' belief in her stemmed from her own confidence. “I think that also led to people having a lot of confidence in me and me doing some good work after my marriage.”
Sharmila Tagore, the well-known performer and mother-in-law of Kareena Kapoor, also gave her some assurance. She said, “My mother-in-law also gave me a lot of confidence because she did amazing movies like Daag, Waqt and such beautiful films that she did after Saif was born. So she was like, ‘Don’t fall for the fact that producers won’t (cast you).’ She was like, ‘Challenge yourself, challenge them, and it will happen.’ And I was confident about it. I was just always worried about balancing my life in terms of how I would balance marriage. I was most concerned about that because I was like, ‘I do want to work.'”
The star also offered Saif Ali Khan, her actor-husband, some credit, saying that he was "relaxed" about Kareena's desire to carry on her acting career after marriage since, “he comes from a family where women have always been at the forefront, be it his grandmother, his mother or his sisters.”
Following Kareena, numerous Bollywood actresses were married in the prime of their careers, including Deepika Padukone, Anushka Sharma, Kiara Advani, and Alia Bhatt. Kareena considers herself an industry role model.
She also added that an actress' choice of roles is not influenced by her love life, “I think it’s given a lot of girls confidence. Everybody started following suit and being a lot more confident. People earlier would not even talk about their relationships openly. There was a time when nobody wanted to be linked with anyone or the sight of having a relationship for a Bollywood actress was like, no.”
Kareena is currently anticipating her OTT debut in Sujoy Ghosh's suspenseful film Jaane Jaan. She will appear in the movie alongside Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat. On September 21, which also happens to be Kareena's birthday, it will begin streaming on Netflix.
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