Neelima Azim is all praises for her sons, Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter

Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter’s mother, Neelima Azim is one proud lady and why shouldn’t she be? Her sons are doing well for themselves and the mother is happy seeing their journey so far. In an interview with Pinkvilla, Neelima spoke about her struggle, Shahid’s journey and Ishaan’s too.

Neelima was all praises for Shahid. “I came to Bombay and started working here, and received a lot of love and popularity myself. But Shahid took it to another level. He just took it to another level, his first film was a super duper hit, he became a youth icon.”

She added, “He has had a very interesting journey because he started working as a child, then he started taking Shiamak Davar classes and before that he did something in Delhi for a series where he played a 7-year-old child, who was separated from his mother.”

Neelima has seen Shahid grow as a dancer and a performer. His hard work made their lives better. The mother says, “He (Shahid) was brilliant at that time, he was 7-year-old. The first time we saw him perform, the entire team was like ‘yeh bacha nahi hai yaar. Kya hai yeh! Kya karta hai yeh’. I saw Shahid growing as a dancer after that and he became an impeccable performer. After that, he just changed our lives. He took our lives forward in Bombay. We started living better, we had all the luxuries and comfort.”

She added, “My stress was over. I was a single mother and till today he is taking care of Ishaan and me in every way. Shahid has worked very hard and has had a very challenging journey and the thing about both my boys is that they are very good sons, very honest and clean and extremely vulnerable. Ishaan is more like joyous and has his own energy. All I can say is, both of them have been sparkling in their own times.”

Talking about Ishaan, she said, “Ishaan has been very fortunate that he started with Majid Majidi and then Dharma, with Shashank and Karan with him so, Mashallah, he had a quicker and faster journey and I suppose the younger ones do have it that way while the elder ones do create a little more hard work for themselves. That’s the way its always been. But both of them are wonderful.”

Ma. ❤

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Ishaan takes guidance from his brother, Shahid Kapoor. Speaking of which, Neelima said, “In Ishaan’s case, his guru has always been his brother and it is very kind of him to always give me the honour and that standing in his life. I have watched both the brothers very closely and it is amazing how Sasha has guided him in life. He has played more than an elder brother’s role because I was a single mother, there was no father as such living with us. So, Ishaan is mostly being guided, groomed and trained by his brother. ”

All these statements by Neelima convey that she loves her sons!

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