Arjun Kapoor on his mom, sis & his film career

This was when we started to realise that there were massive financial troubles. And as a child, you don't understand what's really happening around you, but you do realise there are problems and you've to deal with them.

This was around the time I started withdrawing. My parents too started having their share of trouble around the same time. No child can remain happy if he watches his parents grow apart. I didn't know what to do, and so, I started eating. I stuffed myself and watched TV because that was the only way of escaping.

Thankfully, we lived in a joint family where there were grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins to ameliorate the situation at home. They tried their best to keep us children away from the arguments and squabbles. Both my grandmothers spoiled me. Their way of making me feel secure and looking after was feeding me. I was piling up kilos by the day. Honestly, at that time obesity didn't bother me because I thought it was normal to be fat. I was comfortable in my fat skin.

But a chance meeting with Salman Khan changed it all. As a filmi family everyone knew what was happening in my father, mother, chachu's life. So Salman bhai took me away from that stress and for the next five years, I was completely under his tutelage — from gruelling workouts to strict diets. As I was losing weight, I started feeling better because I was looking fitter. A leaner body and chiseled face gave me some confidence. I was slowly getting out of the shell that I had always lived in.

I've lived in the shadow of my family and I was gradually moving out of it. The thought of being on my own scares me. Till date, people are not familiar with my identity as I'm not a big name yet. I know there is a certain level of curiosity about me. There is a certain interest about my life. But I'm not comfortable answering those questions. That's the reason I don't attend parties and events. I only attend events that have some importance to my family or me. After losing 50 kilos, Salman bhai told me to make a career as an actor.

Very reluctantly I went to Yash Raj Studios without telling anyone I was Boney Kapoor's son. I wanted to be self-made. It was only after I was offered the film that I disclosed the news to my father. Today, he is very proud of me and I'm certain my mother would have felt the same way.

As told to Reena Kapoor

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/sunday-chronicle/heartitude/%E2%80%98eating-was-only-escape%E2%80%99-929

Wow!! What a fabulous piece of literature. 👏 I loved each and everything he said to Ms. Kapoor. It was as if he was taking us through a journey of his turmoil and an inaudible struggle to overcome his miseries.

I really don't know whom to blame. His fortitude tells me that he's a self-made, respectable man. Arjun Kapoor, I am really sorry for the mishap in your life. But trust me, patience is the virtue, and you're an epitome of that.

I wish you all the best, sir. I am sure you have a wonderful future to mold, and a beautiful sister to cherish. May God bless!

Originally posted by: -Desi-IFer-

Thanks for sharing, G_G.

Most welcome..😊

Mona Kapoor did instill some positivity in his life that te man is not bitter.
even reading abt it makes me angry.

proud of the mother, and arjun and the sister.

wow he stayed with salman for 5 years

So, Arjun and Sonam are first cousins. She sounds so flimsy and childish and spoilt, and he sounds so grown up and mature. Hope that he stays that way and does not go down the lane of his cousin.

Originally posted by: nalinidj

So, Arjun and Sonam are first cousins. She sounds so flimsy and childish and spoilt, and he sounds so grown up and mature. Hope that he stays that way and does not go down the lane of his cousin.

We should all learn from this man. He's seems like a gem of a person.

Salman trained him for 5 years. Thats very sweet of him. But Arjun being Boney's son paid him back by having an affair with his sister in law. 👎🏼

Originally posted by: -ksh-

Salman trained him for 5 years. Thats very sweet of him. But Arjun being Boney's son paid him back by having an affair with his sister in law. 👎🏼

You gotta be kidding me! What's the story here? 😲