'The Kapoor clan came together as an army during Sanjay Kapur's demise and Saif’s attack,' says Armaan Jain

The Kapoor family is making headlines with Dining With the Kapoors, a recently streamed series created by Armaan Jain and directed by Smriti Mundra. The show beautifully captures the culinary traditions of the iconic clan, serving as a heartfelt tribute to Raj Kapoor on his 100th birth anniversary. For context, Armaan is Raj Kapoor’s grandson—his daughter Rima Jain’s son. In a touching interview, he shared how he never met his legendary grandfather yet instinctively knows his food preferences, underscoring the Kapoor resilience: a legacy of bouncing back, stronger.

On dealing with the setbacks

Armaan Jain shared that the Kapoor family's ability to recover from setbacks, like Raj Kapoor did after 'Mera Naam Joker' flopped, is a key trait. Armaan said during a chat with Screen, "Raj Kapoor would eat, breathe, and sleep cinema. That was it for him. He would put everything on the line. The sacrifices would be so much that sometimes, he wouldn't even have enough money in his pocket to make a movie. Mera Naam Joker was way ahead of its time, and at that time, was one of the biggest disasters. Before he bounced back with Bobby (1973), he'd lost pretty much everything, financially as well. But the one thing he didn't give up was the roof over his wife and children's heads, which is the Deonar bungalow."

Reveals about standing together with each other in good and bad phases

He further added,"In times good and bad, the Kapoor family are very strong for each other. We come together as an army. That started with the Raj Kapoor-Krishna Kapoor era, and I have seen that pass on to my mum. She will always have a smiling face. With certain incidents recently and a lot of losses within our family, it's been very tragic and difficult. But the best part, and the intent of making Dining with the Kapoors, is family being there for each other at all times. Bouncing back is a completely part of our DNA. It's a generational thing."

Armaan on his mother’s bonding with Raj Kapoor

His legacy is vast. All our family members are trying to take a piece of that legacy forward. What I've seen growing up, because I didn't meet him, is food, family, get-togethers, and gathering. That's what we're trying to do with Dining with the Kapoors. I am trying to take a small part of that food legacy ahead. I didn't get the opportunity to meet Raj Kapoor. I was two years old when he passed away. What I know of him is from stories I have heard from my grandmother (late Krishna Kapoor) and mostly my mother, who spent a lot of time with him growing up. They were very close. They had a father-daughter relationship, but also a sibling relationship which was very open. It's so beautiful when I hear these stories. Yes, there is a certain void when you haven't met a grandparent. That gives you the opportunity to know more about him. There is an intrigue about how he was like with my mother or my cousins. But I am very privileged he had so much work in cinema to showcase as well.