This Article is From Jun 07, 2016

Shahid Kapoor 'Domesticated,' Talks About First Meeting With Mira Rajput

Shahid Kapoor 'Domesticated,' Talks About First Meeting With Mira Rajput

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Highlights

  • Shahid met Mira three-four times and decided to get married
  • Mira has saved Shahid's number on her phone as 'Tommy'
  • Shahid says he was tempted to marry with his hair dyed red
New Delhi: Actor Shahid Kapoor is gearing up for the release of his film Udta Punjab, which is courting controversies from all corners. But, there's more than the film on Shahid's mind as the 35-year-old actor is soon going to welcome his first baby with wife Mira Rajput.

Shahid, who married Mira last year, talked about the details of their first few meetings, Mira's only condition for marrying him, having more children and much more in an interview with the Times of India.

Here are highlights from the interview.:

They Never Dated

Mira and I never dated. We just met three to four times and decided to get married.

Jab They Met

I was about to start shooting for Udta Punjab when I first met Mira. I remember I went to her house for the first time and I was in the Tommy zone. So, I had a ponytail, drop-crotch track pants and weird shoes on. I recall getting out of the car in this avatar at Mira's farmhouse in Delhi. Her dad came out to welcome his son-in-law to be. He saw how I was dressed and he surely thought - 'God what is my daughter getting married to.' He barely looked at me, then whispered 'Come inside' and went away. It was adventurous of Mira to agree to marry a guy who looked like Tommy. I also remember telling her - 'I am going to colour my hair.' You should have seen her face. She is this 20-something girl coming out of LSR College and she was like 'What?' And when I told her I am playing a character called Tommy, she said, 'That is not the name of a guy, it is the name of a dog.'
 
 

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Tommy Calling

Mira has saved my name on her phone as Tommy. So, when I call her, it says: 'Tommy calling'.

Mira's Only Condition to Marry Shahid

The only condition she laid down for me was that when we get married, I will not have coloured hair. She made me promise that when we marry I would sport my normal hair colour. She warned me not wear my hair red on our marriage day. When I married her a month later, I made sure I behaved myself and looked like a decent groom.

I must confess that I was tempted to marry with red hair. I thought that my kids would see my wedding album and say - 'Our dad was cool. He was so into his work.' But, now I'm domesticated and I listen to everything Mira says.
 
 

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It's All About Mira

Now, it is all about Mira. She is the one who is pregnant. She is very young and I think it is not easy. I just want to be with her, around her. Around the time the baby is due, I will not shoot for at least a month. I want to be there in the last few days of the pregnancy. I want to be there when the child arrives and enjoy these moments, as these are feelings you experience perhaps once or twice in a life.

More Children?

I don't want to speak too much about it, maybe one or two babies will happen. Some of it has to be private. I want to soak it in and I want to be there. I have heard star kids complain that their parents were not there much in their childhood. I do not want to be that guy.
 
 

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Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput married at a private ceremony in New Delhi in July last year. The wedding ceremony was followed by a grand reception in Mumbai, where Shahid introduced Mira to the film fraternity.

Apart from Udta Punjab, Shahid has been busy filming Vishal Bhardwaj's Rangoon, a period drama film. Rangoon also stars Kangana Ranaut and Saif Ali Khan.
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