“We can really chat, laugh… she’s my best friend.” Ranbir Kapoor opened up about how Alia adjusted some of her habits after marriage to make him feel more at ease.
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00:00She made better efforts than I have.
00:01She changed more for me than I have changed for her.
00:04She, for example, used to speak in a very loud tone.
00:07So she really made efforts to kind of change that.
00:09I hope I could say something that I did to put her at ease.
00:13But I don't think I've done anything yet.
00:24What is romance to you?
00:25Like, how do you, how do you like...
00:27Watching a movie, laughing, chatting.
00:30You know, I'm so lucky, Nikhil, that I married somebody who I'm extremely close to as a friend.
00:37Like, we can really chat, laugh, b****.
00:41You know, like, she's my best friend.
00:43And I got really lucky with that.
00:44How is Alia as a person?
00:46Alia is a wonderful person.
00:49She's somebody who is...
00:51She's got...
00:54She's very colourful.
00:55She's 11 years younger to me.
00:58And when I met her, she...
01:00It's very funny.
01:01The first time I met Alia was when she was nine years old.
01:03And I was 21.
01:05Nine... I was 21?
01:06I was 20 years old.
01:07And we did a photo shoot together for a movie Sanjay Leela Bansali wanted to make
01:11called Balika Badhu about child marriage.
01:15So that's the first time I met her.
01:17It seems a little weird now to...
01:19Were you already in movies at 21?
01:21I was assisting Bansali on Black.
01:23Right.
01:23Alia was somebody who I met over the years.
01:25And I knew that this person is special.
01:27I have immense respect for her as an actor,
01:30as an artist,
01:31as a person,
01:32as a daughter,
01:33as a sister.
01:35And she really makes me smile.
01:39You know, I'm very happy to go home to her.
01:41I love going on a holiday with her.
01:42But I love coming home with her.
01:44Is she in a good mood a lot of the times?
01:46Well, she is a very ambitious girl.
01:49And she's an overachiever.
01:51Like, work is...
01:51She's really passionate about her work.
01:53Extremely passionate.
01:54Extremely intelligent.
01:57So yeah, there's...
01:58So she has spaces where she is kind of fragmented.
02:02So you really have to get her attention.
02:03But I think over the years,
02:04me really cribbing to her about it,
02:06I have her attention now.
02:07And I'm talking like she listens to me, you know?
02:09But I think she's really made certain efforts.
02:11And I must acknowledge this about her is that
02:15everything I complained about or she complained about,
02:17I think she made better efforts than I have.
02:19She changed more for me than I have changed for her.
02:22And I'm acknowledging it,
02:23but I should do something about it.
02:25So I should change a bit.
02:26Changed how?
02:27She, for example, used to speak in a very loud tone.
02:31And I think because of my father's tone,
02:34growing up, always kind of rattled.
02:38So she really made efforts to kind of change that.
02:40And that's not easy.
02:41When you live 30 years of your life,
02:43speaking a certain way.
02:45You know, she's someone who very instinctively react
02:47to if Raha falls down or there's a reaction.
02:51That kind of throws me off also, you know?
02:52So she makes certain things which put me at ease.
02:57I hope I could say something that I did to put her at ease.
03:01But I don't think I've done anything yet.
03:03She's really done a lot for me.
03:04Does that change?
03:05I hear so many people in marriages,
03:09how your partner is with your family is a game changer.
03:14I've heard this from so many people.
03:17I think so, no?
03:17It's because you love your family
03:19and another person who is an outsider
03:22is loving your family the way you love your family.
03:24And that's something which,
03:26even if it's not real,
03:28you know, even if it's an effort,
03:30it's still an effort.
03:31Because that kind of effort is not easy, you know?
03:33And to continue doing it,
03:36it's very rare that everything just falls into place.
03:40Everyone just gets along.
03:42So it's always an effort.
03:43My mother and Alia have a very good relationship.
03:46They're very honest with each other.
03:48More honest than I am with my mother,
03:49Alia is with my mother.
03:51And that makes me very happy, you know?
03:54Because I'm surrounded by women.
03:56My mother, my sister, my sister's daughter,
03:58now Alia, Raha.
04:00And they're just the best women in the world.
04:02It's a lot of female energy around me.