>> Nice to chat with Kareena Kapoor at the lunch in honour of Valerie Trierweiler. We congratulate the actress about the speech she has just made to the assembled ladies to support the Fight Hunger Foundation'. Thoughtful and measured it appears to be unrehearsed and sincere. Did her well read husband help her with it, we ask teasingly?
Valerie Trierweiler with Kareena Kapoor
"I'm usually so nervous about speaking in public," says the star. "Yes, Saif is the well read one," she says sportingly. "Whereas I read Harpers and Queen and Elle, he'll have finished reading half a dozen broadsheets," she adds with a palpable pride.
The Bandra-based actress who grew up in SoBo's Napean Sea Road and attended Cathedral and Wellham's boarding, says she loves coming, "In to town with Saif."
What do you like doing here, we ask. "I love spending time at the Bombay Gym with Saif," she replies. "I'm a member now, as his spouse."
Any other SoBo favourites?
"Well, it's tough for us to go without attracting attention to ourselves," says the charming actress, a tiny frown appearing on her pretty face.
The memory of a high-profile spat at an upscale Japanese eatery passes unacknowledged between us, but we let it be.
The actress talks about her mandatory habit of picking up a car full of her favourite snacks, from her SoBo nutritionist when she drives in.
"I've got the famous Kapoor genes," she says. "I love food! I can eat all day," she says.
But when we glance at her plate we find no evidence to back up her statement. It's as empty as she is lean.
We hope for her sake she gets to snack on the long car ride home to Bandra!
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