Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor They had their daughter Raha in November 2022 and since then, they have been the dearest parents. The couple has often talked about how they take turns to be with Raha and plan their work schedules accordingly. In a recent interview, Neetu Kapoor opened up about her bond with her granddaughter Alia and revealed Ranbir’s parenting style.While promoting the film ‘Daadi Ki Shadi’, he appeared with Neetu Riddhima Kapoor Sahni good Soha Ali Khanpodcast of Neetu praised Alia, Ranbir for the way they raise Raha. She said, “Raha listens to Alia and is a great mother, but Ranbir is like a friend to her. She does all the fun and masti with him, but she is very afraid of her mother, because Alia is a disciplinarian.”
Appreciating Alia’s parents’ choices, “She is very good with the child. No TV and teaching her unnecessary things.” Neetu also humorously revealed that she often disagrees with Alia when it comes to satisfying her granddaughter. “I’m always fighting with her, saying, ‘Alia, at least let me give you a chocolate.’ But he says: ‘No, can’t you understand that sugar is not good?’ I say: ‘It’s okay, I’m the grandmother, let me spoil it'”.Reflecting on how parenting practices have changed over time, Neetu admitted that things were very different while growing up with Ranbir and Riddhima. “Nowadays there is much more awareness. In my time, there was no such thing as television or sugar. My children watched television every day while eating. They watched Bhagwan Dada and Amar Akbar Anthony during meals,” he recalls.He also said that he respects modern methods of parenting and does not want to interfere. “Times are different. I did the best I could in my time, and now they are the best parents and know what to do. I don’t want to interfere. I want to be a good grandmother and enjoy Raha and Samara.”Asked whether children are closer to their maternal grandmothers, Neetu shared her thoughts on the matter. “Mothers keep talking about their mothers, so naturally there is a connection. But I am very lucky that we all live together,” she said, adding that Raha affectionately calls her “Dida”.Riddhima Kapoor Sahni also opened up about her crush on Raha Neetu. “Raha adores her grandmother. Even her father (Ranbir) used to constantly say ‘mom, mom’ all the time. She takes after her dad,” he shared. The conversation later shifted to the actor Rishi Kapoor and his parenting style. Neetu recalled that Rishi believed that fathers should maintain a certain authority and distance from their children.“My husband wanted to keep that distance. He said, ‘I’m the father,’ so the kids didn’t have to be too friendly with him. He always kept that distance with Ranbir and Riddhima because he thought they must have that fear. The moment he would come home, the children would run to their rooms,” he said. Riddhima, however, clarified that the children were not really afraid of their father, but wary because they were about discipline and home manners.“From our point of view, we were never afraid of him, but my father was very particular about certain things. The lights had to be turned off, the fans had to be turned off. We were children, so the moment my father came home, we would run to our rooms to see if we had turned off the lights or not,” he recalled.
