Neetu Kapoor Talks About Ranbir Kapoor and His Relationships, In This Throwback Interview

An actor displays all kinds of emotion on the silver screen. Their job entails living and bringing several fictional characters to life, and it's their impeccable acting skill that leaves mark on the fans and their lives. But, we seldom get to know the real person behind this veil of acting. And who could possibly decipher a person better than his/her mother. Actor Neetu Kapoor spoke to Firstpost in the year 2011, and shared her view on his 'ladies' man' image, his relationships and more. 

When Neetu shared about Ranbir being very naughty as a kid, she was asked if he ever stopped troubling her. The actor said, "I was very troubled in my married life. I think he must have been 15 or so, when Rishi and I went through a really bad patch. I have always felt that while my daughter should be innocent and learn to face life as it comes, my son should be street smart and know everything about life. So I would sit with Ranbir and talk to him. For hours, I would tell him all I felt was right and wrong with my marriage, try to explain it all to him. I think he was my best friend then, my only confidant. I would talk my heart out to him, as to no one else. He changed then I think, suddenly became responsible, grown up. I felt he should know everything, for one, it would make him a good husband when the time came."

When quizzed if there was something she'd like to change about her son's nature, Neetu said, "As a mother, yes. He is too soft. He can't hurt anybody. It's the same with his relationships, he does not know how to say no, and gets into the deep end! I see it happening and can do nothing about it. The first time he felt involved, I knew the girl was not right for him. But when I told him, he rebelled. So I learnt to tackle it another way. I told him don't get serious so soon, the more you see the more you know and learn, so meet many girls, and go out with them , but don't commit yet. But I have learnt to not be an irritant. I say it once and move away. It works."

Neetu was asked what kind of girl she would want Ranbir to get married to, she replied, " Someone who will understand how simple he is. That he is a daal chawal sort of boy, that he not very high maintenance and will not really appreciate having a high maintenance wife. He's more like me, quite un-Kapoor, unlike the image he has. The best girl for him will be someone who loves him for who he is, not what he is. But I know he is not serious about anyone right now. He can't keep that from me. It would all come tumbling out when it happens."