Shahid Kapoor has come a long way from his bachelor days and marriage has done tons of good to him, especially in his outlook towards life. The actor who is looking forward to becoming a dad once again accepts that parenthood has changed his outlook towards most things. The actor got married to Mira Rajput in 2015 and the couple welcomed their first child Misha the following year. Now, when the two are looking for a new house, Shahid wants everything to be perfect for his daughter Misha.
The Batti Gul Meter Chalu actor told a leading daily, “I have bought a new home in Central Mumbai. It will be a year-and-a-half, perhaps even two, before we do the interiors and move in there. However, it’s an investment that I needed to make. I have a much smaller home in Juhu and with two children (the second one arriving in September), the requirement of the family has changed.”
Shahid recollected of a time when he was a bachelor and loved intimate spaces. Recalling his bachelorhood days he said, “Earlier, when I was house-hunting, I would tell my estate agent that I want a place where there were few neighbours. I didn’t want anyone gawking at me. I wanted to go home quietly and not be waylaid by people.” He still loves his Juhu beach-facing house that offers him privacy but now the paradigm has shifted.
Talking about his new home, he said, “The new home that Mira and I have booked has a garden and other amenities like a gymnasium, etc. Today, our requirement is having a safe place for Misha where she can play with others. We want her to be with kids of her age because that’s how she will have a regular childhood. Today, I want my children to have their own rooms. Obviously, Mira and my requirement is having a bigger space where the two of us can spend time. We like the thought of staying in a high-rise that offers us solitude, yet gives us access to some aspects that families need.”
He further added that his outlook towards designing his pad has also changed. He said, “My outlook towards designing our house has changed. At my earlier pad in Andheri and the current one in Juhu, I broke down most of the walls and made it completely open. I liked the feeling of a home being intimate yet having a lot of open space within. The walls gave me a feeling of being constricted. So, I had converted my 3BHK Andheri home in such a way that I had a massive bedroom, a walk-in wardrobe and the works. I was a bachelor then and my views on the subject were diametrically opposite to what they are now.”
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