In a recent chat with Pinkvilla, the actor mentioned how Mira would often ask about taking their kids for one of his films. “So for the longest time, Mira would ask me, ‘What movie of yours should I show the kids?’ And I would be like, ‘Not a single one.’ Some are not good and the ones that are good are not meant for kids. So the first film they saw of mine and they actually went to the theatre was Jab We Met,” he said.

Shahid added, “Mira and my mom made this plan that finally there is this one film that we can show the kids. They went and watched Jab We Met in the theatre. My son came back and he looked at me and said, ‘Papa, that is how you look without a beard?'”

For the unversed, ‘Jab We Met’, also starring Kareena Kapoor, is one of Shahid Kapoor’s most successful films in his career. In a recent chat with the same portal, Shahid revealed that he decided to take up the project despite knowing that Kareena had the stronger part. He said, “When I heard the script, I completely loved it. I didn’t have the strongest part. I knew the female part was the strongest part in the film, still, I wanted to be a part of the film.”

He added, “I felt it was a very relevant, new age love story where people were speaking like how normal people in their 20s speak, and not how people in their 40s acting to be 20s in movies speak. Imtiaz came up with something which was very real and relatable. I thoroughly enjoyed it and wanted the film to be in my filmography.”

Shahid will next star in an as-yet untitled romantic comedy opposite Kriti Sanon.