Kareena Kapoor Khan on her longevity, family and working during her pregnancy | Namrata Zakaria

Twenty-four years as a leading lady, little did Kareena Kapoor Khan know as a young 20-year-old debutante (she made her debut with Abhishek Bachchan in 2000 with J.P. Dutta’s Refugee) that her career would be this long and this thriving. “I have to agree it is a rarity in this industry,” she tells in an interview with THE WEEK lifestyle editor Namrata Zakaria. “Today I don’t feel any less than my male counterparts.” Her latest release—Crew—crossed the 150-crore mark in worldwide box-office collections. It is only the seventh Hindi film, and the only female-fronted film, to have made it to the coveted Rs100-crore club this year. In an hour-long chat, she talks about the delicate art of balancing family and films, how she does not take her fame too seriously and the importance of friends and December holidays #kareenakapoorkhan #bollywoodactresses #crewmovie #saifalikhan #taimuralikhan #bollywoodnews #bollywoodmovies Subscribe to THE WEEK Magzter: http://mgztr.co/TheWeekIndia Explore our website: https://www.theweek.in/ Interact with us on our social media channels: Facebook:   / theweekmag   Twitter:   / theweeklive   Telegram: https://t.me/theweekmagazine Single issue purchase link https://subscribe.manoramaonline.com/... Subscription link https://subscribe.manoramaonline.com/... TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEK MAGAZINE, PLEASE CONTACT US Regional Offices Contact Numbers Delhi- 011 23354920, 23354921 Mumbai- 022 – 24900844, 62965900 Kolkata- 9656843600 Chennai- 044 66918530/31/32 Bangalore- 080 – 22247735/36 Hyderabad- 040-23322970 / 09849390776 Sub regional offices Contact Numbers Coimbatore- 2241911 Patna- 8210738538 Lucknow- 9873437363 Chandigarh- 9417310727 Bhopal- 0755 2988036 Jaipur- 94616 28972 Pune- 9881477305 Ahmedabad- 9898231881 Toll Free number 1800- 1035-981