The Economic Times

She came to Mumbai with just Rs 4,500 and her little son. Today, he is Bollywoods superstar with a Rs 585 crore blockbuster

Neelima Azeem recently opened up about the difficult years after her divorce from Pankaj Kapur, revealing that she came to Mumbai in 1990 with only Rs 4500 and raised her son largely on her own. She shared that Shahid Kapoor spent much of his childhood with his maternal grandparents while she worked hard to build financial stability through acting.