For Shahid Kapoor, acting remains at the heart of everything he does. His foray into entrepreneurship with wife Mira Rajput and an athleisure brand may have opened a new chapter, but he sees it less as a departure from cinema and more as an extension of the discipline and commitment that have shaped his journey as an actor. “For me, this wasn’t a commercial move, it was a personal one. Fitness and discipline have shaped my journey as much as films have,” he says.Ask him how he balances the creative instincts of an actor with the strategic demands of being an entrepreneur. And he replies, “They’re not so different. Acting is also about discipline, patience and seeing the bigger picture. Entrepreneurship needs the same things. The difference is — on set, you’re serving a director’s vision, in business, you’re co-creating a brand’s vision. I enjoy that balance, it keeps me learning.”Earlier in an interview with us Shahid spoke about how his wife and kdis have stayed away from the limelight. He said, “Main BEST bus aur rickshaw main school jaata tha, yeh log toh mehngi gaadiyon main school jaate hain. So that’s their reality, and that’s what’s normal for them. Jis jagah mein woh rehte hain, that is their reality. Jahaan main rehta tha, jaise main bada hua tha, woh meri sachai thi. You know what they are born with is what is their destiny. Unki kismat mein hai, unko mila hai. And life will ensure it takes you through the beats it needs to take you through to make you who you need to become. What Mira and I can do is try and be good examples and find the balance between giving them love, support and positivity and correct them where we feel that they are crossing their boundaries. Beyond that, I want them to discover their own life and their own journey. They’ll find themselves, and we are always here, regardless of everything.”
