Neelima Azeem has opened up about how brothers Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter are different from one another. In a chat with Vickey Lalwani, Neelima mentioned that though Shahid has a tough exterior,
he is a sensitive person. As for Ishaan, she mentioned that the young actor has a very curious mind.
Neelima said, “I think Shahid is very soft and sensitive. But he’s a man now, so he has a tough exterior. Still, he will always be that soft, sensitive, dreamy boy. Ishaan, I think, is very exploratory, adventurous, and has a very curious mind. He’s also soft, but I think definitely stronger in some ways. Shahid is somebody who has paved his own way. So, I mean, you can say that he’s a tough guy now. Despite his soft heart, he’s a tough chap.”
She added, “Ishaan is very independent. He loves to share, he’s very loving, and he’s a very loving son. But his journey is pretty much on his own. He likes to fly alone. He travels alone. He does everything alone. Shahid, I think, is a family man. He loves to be surrounded by his own people, and so does Ishaan.”
She mentioned, “Ishaan is a very, very affectionate family boy. But I think the basic difference is that Shahid has always yearned for his family. I would say even more than friends. And I think Ishaan hangs out a lot with his friends, and his brother, and of course, with me.”
Neelima reflected on Shahid’s early days in Bollywood and said, “Every day. I used to shoot, and I would run to his set. If I was shooting at night, I would adjust. And my producers got quite tired of it till Ishq Vishk got over… I think it was more of an artistic bond. It was about him sharing his first-ever experience in a film, in the lead, and wanting me to be there. And then we would also discuss everything.”
However, this stopped after his first film. “He was manjha hua by then (He had become experienced by then). He went on his own on the second film set. And moreover, his career had taken off. He was independent, strong. He already had a lot of curiosity to know about the job and prepare in advance. He has always been that sort of actor,” she concluded.
