Kareena Kapoor Khan on avoiding social events and prioritising family: ‘Accept me the way I am’

Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, who was last seen in the Sujoy Ghosh-directed mystery thriller film Jaane Jaan on Netflix, recently graced the cover of Dirty Magazine. In her interview with the publication, the Bollywood star said that she is no longer interested in participating in the rat race and prefers to stay away from social events and glamorous parties. Reflecting on her career choices, the actress said that she must have done something right to be still relevant.

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I would have just wilted in this competition: Kareena

“Everyone else still wants to look perfect, hot, amazing, this and that. But I now feel that times have changed, people are ready to accept new things. And they have to accept me like this, exactly the way I am. They have to,” Kareena said in the interview.

Speaking about the competitiveness in the industry, the actress said, “Now especially, actors have to keep saying something or the other. I can’t. I just cut off. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have lasted this long, I would have just wilted in this competition, this pressure, the comparison of this look and that look, now the so-and-so’s on the rise and I have to look young, so-and-so is doing this or that brand or is a global face. I can’t. I’m done.”

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I don’t feel the need to be at parties: Kareena

Explaining why she is no longer part of Bollywood parties and social events, Kareena said that she is very attached to her family, her kids and her five friends. “My spot boy has been with me from my first shot. People who come into my world, I don’t let them go and they don’t leave. That’s why I’m not at every single party. I don’t feel the need to be doing that - being at parties, making friends, socialising. I don’t want to,” she said.

Kareena’s upcoming project

In recent times, Kareena has been acclaimed for playing unconventional characters. After starring alongside Aamir Khan in Laal Singh Chaddha, the actress starred alongside Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma in Sujoy Ghosh’s Jaane Jaan, while she is set to feature next in Hansal Mehta’s upcoming directorial, The Buckingham Murders