Shahid
Nayandeep Rakshit (DNA; October 17, 2015)

Life as a bachelor ended for Shahid Kapoor three months ago. Obviously, there’s a marked difference between then and now — both personally and professionally. Shahid affirms it with a smile. “Marriage has changed me a lot. I think it’s the same for everyone. It makes you more responsible.”

He adds, “I’ve been living on my own for the last nine years. I became independent at a very early age and had been earning for myself since I was 16. I shifted into a house of my own and started living alone when I was 24. So, although I have always had responsibilities towards my family, I have essentially lived a very independent life. When you get married, it makes you feel a lot more responsible. It makes you feel settled, it grounds you and helps you understand where your future lies. It gives you a certain clarity. So you are like, ‘Okay, this is the rest of my life’. At least you think like that.”

Is he cautious about career decisions now? “You don’t just think about yourself when you do something anymore. You think about the other person as well and how your decisions will affect her. Then every time you are taking a decision, you feel like you want to think about it a little more because it’s not just you. There’s another person you are responsible for,” Sasha reasons.

Does that mean he’s closing the door to kissing and intimate scenes on screen? Indirectly, he does admit to the same. “I haven’t had the need to say no because so far, I haven’t been asked to do something I might have a problem with. But if it happens and I feel like it’s a little too much, I will definitely not do it. As I said, I won’t do anything without thinking about me and Mira together,” he tells us. His lips are sealed and in more ways than one!