Kareena still ready for adventure
FROM doing films as different as chalk and cheese, to redefining professionalism for working mothers, to trying her hands at a radio show, actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, pictured, does not want to stop – she says she would like to keep exploring “different things” until she is 70.
Kareena made her acting debut in 2000 with Refugee. She was later seen in Ajnabee, Asoka, Chameli, Yuva, Omkara, Jab We Met, Heroine, Satyagraha, Ki&Ka and Udta Punjab.
She launched her radio show, What Women Want, with Kareena Kapoor Khan on Ishq 104.8 FM last month.
Asked if she aspired to do something more, Kareena said: “The idea today is only about content – and being a part of good content, whether it is the web, cinema, stage or radio. I think today artists and actors are all about supporting content. I am just happy that I have got to try my hand... I would like to try different things till probably I am 70.”
The 38-year-old actress from Indian cinema’s first film family redefined professionalism by returning to work soon after delivering her first son, Taimur, in 2016.
Kareena, who married actor Saif Ali Khan in 2012, also praised digital platforms.
“I am glad all this is opening up for us,” she said. “The content in cinema and different platforms is changing. There are so many options to do what you want today, I think it’s the best time to be an actor.”
The Veere Di Wedding actress has lent her voice to the character of the hypnotic python Kaa in the Hindi version of actor/film-maker Andy Serkis’ Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle, slated for global release on Netflix this month.
Kareena, who is excited to be a part of the classic originally written as The Jungle Book by author Rudyard Kipling, said: “Mowgli was one of the closest characters to my heart because the journey of his self-discovery is something every young adult gets attracted to.”
Is she also excited to share the film with her 2-year-old son, when he grows up?
“When he turns 13, he will be there watching it with me… That is why I couldn’t say no.”