Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput are one of the most popular couples in Bollywood even though they have had an arranged marriage with an age difference of 13 years. Yet, the couple has never let that come in between them and is parents to two adorable children- daughter Misha and son Zain. Now, in an interview given to a magazine, Shahid opened up about sharing life with Mira and the struggles they undergo in their marital life. He claimed that Mira often opines that she isn’t a priority in his life.
Talking about his relationship with his wife Mira, Shahid said, “No one should live in an illusion that everything’s set. When you believe everything is on autopilot, it all falls apart. You’ve got to work every day at everything. Whether it’s marriage, parenting, career or even your relationship with your parents. I struggle with all of them. I struggle at maintaining my friendships. I’m terrible at maintaining long-distance relationships. I struggle at dividing my time between my wife, my children and work. My wife feels she isn’t a priority. I feel guilty about not giving enough time to myself. Many a time I tell my family, ‘Guys, let me work also sometimes’.”
He further elaborated how Mira has managed everything well even though she was only 21 when she came into his life. He said, “Marriage is like a book. Mira’s my biggest reality because we share our lives together. In the past four years, she’s constantly said, “Shahid, when your films didn’t work, I used to wonder what was going on? I’ve been part of the struggle too for four years. I’ve been there with you through your highs and lows. Now I know.” There’s a partnership, there a sense of achieving together. She got married so young, had two kids and had to figure out how to deal with that when she was just stepping out of being a kid herself. She must have had her dreams and desires but she pushed those aside. That’s a lot to deal with. Also, the fact that we have an age difference, we are 13 years apart. We need to understand how to bring up the kids together responsibly. We’re learning how to deal with things together. Sometimes we’re each other’s best friends. Sometimes we just don’t understand each other. It’s all happening simultaneously.”
Shahid has had a great year this year as his last release Kabir Singh minted around Rs 275 crores at the box office and became the biggest film of his career. Shahid also received rave reviews for his performance in the film.
(Source: Filmfare)
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