Mother’s Day Special: Neelima Azeem breaks silence on divorce,struggles & single motherhood | Shahid

0:00- Introduction 2:30-Neliima Azeem on her motherhood journey - starting as a young mother to today 3:10-Neliima : I was a bit caught up in my own life because my marriage ended up in divorce quite early . My kid had to see all that and it wasn’t all hunky-dory for him 3:30-Neliima Azeem explains how Shahid stayed at his grandparents’ house when he was young 4:20-Neliima Azeem explains her journey as an actor and dancer 5:15-Neliima Azeem explains how she had only 4500 rupees when she came to Mumbai and how she struggled financially to survive 6:30- Neliima: The biggest film-makers waited to cast me in their films but I didn’t do it . Yash Ji wanted to cast me as the lead in ‘ Mashaal’ 7:20-Neliima Azeem opens up about her interests in threatre , arts and books 8:15-Neliima Azeem on her struggles as a single mother 9:00- Neliima Azeem on finding her inner strength during the difficult phases in her life 9:35 Neliima : Yahan bhediye baithe hai iss industry mein aur ussi ki beech mein Aapne izzat ke saath apna kaam kiya and gave whatever you could to your children 9:45 Neliima : I never physically compromise in anyway in to get work in this industry. I did not allow anyone to force me to do anything that I wasn’t comfortable with it 10:00 Neliima : I was not very popular in the industry because i took a stand for myself . Nobody likes strong women like me 10:30 Neliima Azeem opens up about her family background and their involvement in arts and literature 12:30 - Ishaan Khatter’s special message for his mother 13:22 Neliima Azeem gets emotional listening to her son Ishaan’s message 13:45 Neliima Azeem on Ishaan 14:30 Neliima Azeem opens up how broken she was after her first divorce and how it impacted her mental health 15:50 Neliima : It very easy to blame and make mean comments about others 16:35 Neliima responds to people saying that she has drinking problem in the comment section of her pap video 17:15 Neliima responds to people on social media calling her ‘loose’ because of her 3 marriages 17:30 Neliima: I married very simple men , who didn’t have money but were very talented . O never married anyone for money 18:30 Neliima talks about her critically acclaimed films and working with Naseeruddin Shah 21:00 Neliima: I love myself the most 21:15 Neliima: I have been made to feel the shame and i fought against it for a really long time 22:10 Neliima on how her son Ishaan brought so much joy into my life and he doesn’t hold on to grudges 23:15 Neliima : Ishaan gives me way more than i even ask 24:40 Neliima: I let my children lead the lives they want to with their partners without interfering 25:36 Neliima : Don’t manipulate and don’t destroy people’s relationships 26:20 Neliima: I have never told my children anything about what i went though in my relationships and i think that it created a lot of problems for me 26:30 Neliima : My children are already carrying the burden . They saw the divorce , they didn’t see the riches with me and saw my tough life 27:05 Neliima : I have never made it difficult for my children to have a relationship with their fathers 29:05 : My father really admired my journey 29:30 Neliima : Dilip Sa’ab called me an institution in acting 31:10 - Neliima on her relationship with her grand-children 32:30 Neliima Azeem talks about bridging the generation gap with her sons and grand-children 32:59 Neliima : It’s been very difficult to give up all things that i like to do and even silly like Shopping , travelling and partying 35:20 Neliima Azeem on how dance changed her life and finding divinity through it 38:45 Neliima Azeem on dealing with social media trolling 40:15 Neliima Azeem opens up about how few films of her career deeply impacted her 44:00 Neliima Azeem opens up about how her father wrote her a letter post watching her film 47:20 Neliima Azeem talks about her relationship with Shahid and Ishaan and how they always discussed films in their household 49:20 Neliima explains how she always knew Shahid Kapoor wanted to be an actor and had talent 49: 45 Neliima on how Ishaan used to dance when he was a 4 year old and went to her acting classes too 50:40 Neliima : Shahid has taken the best from both his parents . ‘Haider’ was the film that i loved the most . When I saw ‘Kaminey’ i knew i could do all kinds of roles 51:00 Neliima : Ishaan was brilliant in ‘Beyond The Clouds’ 52:00 Neliima : I tell Shahid that you are such a fine artist and successful actor - isse zyada aur Kya chahiye 55:00 Neliima on how Shahid and Ishaan stay grounded and deal with stardom 57:00 Neliima Azeem on Shahid and Ishaan learned how to love and deal with the women in their lives with respect due to her upbringing 1:2:50 Neliima on she deals with social media trolling that her sons Shahid and Ishaan face 1:4:00 Nelimma reacts to not interfering in Shahid and Mira’s relationship #mothersday2026 #neelimaazeem #shahidkapoor #exclusive