Kareena Kapoor On Karisma Kapoor Breaking Family Tradition to Enter Bollywood: 'It Was Difficult'

Kareena Kapoor Khan has come a long way in showbiz. Having a family lineage from the world of cinema, and the granddaughter of legendary actor Raj Kapoor, the actress recently opened up about the time where women in the Kapoor khandan/family were not allowed to work in films. It was Kareena’s elder sister Karisma who was the first woman from the family to enter the world of showbiz and also created a name for herself.

Speaking about the same at at event hosted by Indian Express, Kareena shared it was her father Randhir Kapoor who broke the norm and was supportive of their acting career. Calling her dad the ‘coolest’, the Heroine actress shared, “I think my father has been one of the coolest fathers ever.”

Opening up about the time, when Kapoor women were not allowed to work, she shared, “times were different”. “Back in the 1970s and stuff, it was different because times were different. That when they got married they never really worked, but I’m glad that my father moved with the times because that’s what it is about. You have to keep changing yourself for your children. That’s also important, and not live in archaic times.”

The actress further added on how her father supported Karisma, “It was difficult during Karisma’s time because she was one of the first Kapoor girls but… not to ever say that my father didn’t support her and not to ever say… Even now, if he calls me and he knows I’m shooting, he will be apologetic that ‘oh no, okay, focus on your work’. He’s extremely cosmopolitan, extremely open-minded, he’s always just been so nice about everything.”

Bebo also added that her father was way ahead of her times and called him a “friend and guide.”

Meanwhile on the work front, Kareena Kapoor is gearing up to make her OTT debut with Jaane Jaan which is directed by Sujoy Ghosh. The movie will be streaming on Netflix from September 21. An adaptation of the book Devotion of Suspect X by author by Keigo Higashino, the crime thriller also features Vijay Varma and Jaideep Alhawat. However, before the movie landed in Kareena’s lap, Sujoy had approached Saif Ali Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2015.