Even though it’s been a while since Sonam Kapoor appeared in a movie, she never seems to be out of the public eye. Every now and then, she finds a way to make her presence known and felt. Her appearance on Koffee with Karan Season 7 highlighted this further.
However, it seems the 39-year-old actor has gained a deeper understanding of herself now and has become aware of her flaws. “I always thought I was non-judgmental, but then I realised that I was like, the most judgy human being on this planet. The amount of sh*t I’ve gotten away with saying when I was younger, can you imagine if I did this now in the social media era? I would be cancelled and crucified,” she said during a recent chat with Dirty Magazine.
After four years of marriage, Sonam and her husband Anand Ahuja became parents to a baby boy, Vayu, in 2022. “Becoming a mom was so important to me, I wanted it so badly. And then I just needed to be a mom for two years. Of course I’m really blessed because I have a lot of help, but I want to do everything. I realised that when you have your baby late you feel like you want to be more involved with your child? I think it also comes from a sort of guilt.”
Opening up about her body image issues, Sonam said, “In this profession you’re constantly scrutinising yourself, forget other people scrutinising you. And I’ve grown up in front of everyone from the age of 17 or 18. And I’ve also seen myself age, my body has changed, my face has changed, everything has changed. It’s difficult, it’s traumatic. It’s always been difficult for me. There’s always been a body struggle. I mean, I don’t want to say ‘struggle’, but it is that.”
“I feel like we forget that fashion can be a political tool, because we’re so taken in by the beauty of it. But the clothing choices you make actually define who you are. A lot of actors don’t like to be called this but we are the major influencers. And I hope as someone who is influential in the way people dress, I can change things a little, you know? Some actors don’t care, they want to look hot. Which is fine, honestly, no judgment. But I love fashion, so I want to do it,” she asserted.
Actor Sonam Kapoor with her son Vayu. (Image: Sonam/Facebook)
Commenting on her plans regarding her future in cinema, the actor stated, “I’m going to start acting again, whether people want me to or not. It’s weird though because the roles I’m getting offered are still of a 20-something. I mean, obviously I don’t look as young as a Janhvi or a Khushi, but I’m quite grateful for the fact that people think of me as someone who’s not aged much. Even though I’ve had a kid and all of that. I guess because my kid’s not been out there for the world to see? And I want to keep it that way,” she says firmly. “It’s nobody’s business but mine, right? Vayu didn’t choose to be famous, I can’t put that pressure on him. And there are too many like gross, weird people in the world. I don’t want my child’s face out there for as long as I can control it.”
Sonam was last seen in the JioCinema crime thriller Blind (2023). Her last movie to have a theatrical release was the sports romantic drama The Zoya Factor (2019).
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