Anshula Kapoor, daughter of producer Boney Kapoor and his late first wife Mona Shourie Kapoor, grew up alongside industry icons like her father and uncles Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor. Later, her brother Arjun Kapoor and cousins Sonam Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor, and Harshvardhan Kapoor also joined Bollywood. In recent years, her half-sisters, Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor, daughters of Boney Kapoor from his late second wife and legendary actress Sridevi, have also ventured into acting, making the Kapoor family one of Bollywood’s most prominent.
However, while the Kapoors’ fame brought many privileges, it also exposed Anshula to public scrutiny from a young age. During a candid interview with Hautterfly, Anshula revealed that when her parents separated in the 90s, it quickly became gossip fodder. At the time, societal views on separation were less accepting, and Anshula recalls, “People started talking about family values, my upbringing, etc. I resigned into my own shell, and was trying to figure out what this new normal was all about.”
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Reflecting on her upbringing, she described growing up in a large joint family led by her grandmother. Eventually, when she and her mother moved to their own space, Mona took on multiple roles, becoming both the caregiver and the breadwinner. “She was the caretaker, the love-giver, the problem-solver, and the breadwinner. She was both parents in one, and it was like she had ten hands to take care of us,” Anshula shared with admiration.
Despite a six-year age gap between Anshula and her brother Arjun, Mona Kapoor never enforced different rules based on gender. “She trusted us,” Anshula recalled, noting that while they had to inform her of their plans, Mona didn’t treat Arjun and her differently. “Of course, she never went to sleep till her kids came home, but we had to keep her informed about our plans. We didn’t have any specific responsibilities from the point of view of our gender.”
