Sonam Kapoor exclusively unplugged: Vacation goals, sister bonds, and shopping mania

Sonam Kapoor, who is currently on cloud nine with all the applause and accolades coming her way for ‘Neerja’, has been on a shopping spree with sister Rhea Kapoor, in Dubai. We recently caught up with her and she got chatty on everything, from vacation goals to the sisterhood she shares with Rhea, and of course, her food obsessions.

First of all, congratulations on winning so many ‘Best Actress’ awards this year, for your heart rending performance in ‘Neerja’. You were truly spectacular. How does that feel?

It feels amazing, because, Neerja was such a special film. On top of that, playing this character and being in this film, has been amazing.

Your fashion statements are unmatched. Your style is daring, spunky, and charms the fashion police every time. What do you have to say about it?

I think it’s important to just be yourself, and to kind of experiment with what you think is beautiful, and not to follow conventional rules and then automatically, you know, you make a statement.

You seem to have had a lot of fun recently in your Dubai vacation. Tell us about few things you enjoyed the most.

I honestly enjoyed going there. The food in Dubai is amazing as are the markets. There is this market that we went to which is just amazing, Market OTB. It was amazing. It was like all these local designers were there. It was great shopping fest in Dubai. Just the experience, the people are so nice, the hotels are so nice, it’s like a great overall experience. (Also Read: Sonam Kapoor: Your work should be your reward)

You say that you enjoyed the food in Dubai a lot. What are the cuisines that you have been enjoying there in particular?

I obviously loved Arabic food. I’m a vegetarian so there’s a lot of food for me to eat there. I love Italian food too, so all kind of foods there.

Fendi, Elie Saab, you were spotted fawning and loving everything. What would you say is special from a fashion perspective in Dubai, which you don’t get in India?

I think Dubai has every designer under the sun, and they have the best collection. And it’s not only high-end designers, they have like amazing high street designers as well and the shoppers and buyers do the best job of getting the best of the best, in Dubai.

If you have to give a shoutout to all the shopaholics and tell them the pros of shopping in Dubai, what would you say?

Well, you can get anything you want over there, and you get it in all price ranges.

There is a famous Bollywood Theme Park in Dubai. Your father Anil Kapoor has raved about it too. Have you managed to visit it?

No, unfortunately not. I could not go. But definitely next time.

You did your Mannequin challenge with sister Rhea Kapoor in a quite unusual way. Whose idea was it?

It was my idea. I loved the Manequinn challenge. We actually did four or five and they’ll be coming out soon.

From the videos and posts, we can figure out that you and Rhea shopped a lot. Would you guys share amongst yourselves whatever you have shopped?

Ya, of course, we are the same size! You have to share with your sister, what is the point then.

Kadambari Srivastava

Grammar Nazi, word weaver, dreamer, bibliophile, technophile, caffeine addict, foodie, shuttling shopaholic! Mash it in a Bollywood recipe and voila! Pushpa, you’ve got her!