Sonam: Behna, acting karte rehna!

Sonam Kapoor was in New York recently to see her younger sister Rhea perform on stage

Sonam Kapoor is back in Mumbai after a two-week holiday in New York, where her younger sister Rhea is studying acting.

The proud sister says, "My biggest joy this holiday was to watch Rhea perform on stage. She played five different characters from the play, A Clockwork Orange. I was stunned! She became completely different people each time. My jaw fell open. Was the bundle of comic talent really my kid sister? I'm so proud of her. She's definitely going into acting."

So another Karisma-Kareena pair, huh? "That we shall see. For now I'm just happy that all three Kapoor siblings are into cinema. Dad wouldn't want it any other way."

Apart from watching her sister on stage, Sonam also visited museums and indulged in retail therapy, "I shopped till my dad's savings dropped," she jokes.

Sonam is feeling rejuvenated and supremely happy. She sighs, "I needed that break. Working with two hard taskmasters like Sanjay Bhansali and Rakeysh Mehra back-to-back was back-breaking. I was physically and emotionally exhausted."

Overprotected

Interestingly, both of Sonam's directors so far have been extremely protective of her. "Sanjay Sir would cover me up even when I walked from the set to my van. And now Rakeysh is worse! He wants to see me in nothing but salwar-kameez in Dilli 6."

For a sequence, Sonam had to get into chic attire. "When I came on the set, Rakeysh looked at me and said 'This is not my character Bittu,' and that I should quickly revert to my salwar-kameez look. Because of my dad, everyone treats me like a child. I can't be doing any role which would make my father, mother and the rest of my family cringe at the premiere. My father has a 40-year reputation in the industry. And I'm not going to tarnish it."