Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor parting ways has perhaps been the most talked about break-up in tinsel town. The duo broke up in 2006, right before the massive hit, Jab We Met. Both have refrained from talking about it in public, and dealt with it with much dignity.
However, soon after Jab We Met, Kareena met Saif Ali Khan on the sets of Tashan in 2007 and they soon fell for each other. Interestingly, she was shooting for both the films at the same time. Recently, in an interview with Film Companion, she opened up about all that she went through during that course of time. From working with Shahid in Jab We Met to breaking up with him and meeting Saif right after, she’s finally spoken about it all.
I wasn’t keen but Shahid asked me to consider Jab We Met, says Kareena
Kareena revealed it was Shahid only who insisted that she consider doing the Imitiaz Ali film, as he thought it was an interesting character and she would be perfect for it.
Kareena said, “In fact it was Shahid who actually said that I should hear this script of this film. He was like, ‘It’s amazing, the girl’s part is amazing and you should do it.’ He kind of actually got this entire project together and both of us ended up doing this film. Of course, destiny had its own plan and life took its own course. A lot happened in the making of this film and Tashan and our lives … We all kind of went our separate ways. And this beauty of a movie came out of it (sic).”
Kareena was more keen on shooting for Tashan than Jab We Met
Kareena also stated how she was more keen on shooting for Tashan as she thought it would be a game changer for her career, which eventually wasn’t the case. Instead, Jab We Met was. Little did she know that Tashan was going to be a huge flop. It led her to depression for six months.
Tashan was game of chess, ‘karmically connected’, says Kareena
While Tashan might not have changed her career, it did bring along a drastic change in her personal life. Kareena said, “I think we just had to kind of do this movie at this time when Tashan was being made … and I met Saif. So I kind of did Tashan for that actually … when I actually thought that that was gonna change my life and my career. But this (Jab We Met) changed my career and that (Tashan) changed my life. Because I did meet the man of my dreams and I did marry him. And this (relationship with Shahid) kind of took its own course in which both Shahid and me went our separate ways. And this gem came out of it (sic).”
