Shraddha Kapoor and her household have confronted public scrutiny greater than as soon as, and in a latest interview, her aunt Tejaswini Kolhapure opened up about some of the troublesome phases they went by way of. Talking in regards to the drug bust case that led to Siddhanth Kapoor’s arrest, Tejaswini mentioned the incident deeply affected the household, particularly Shraddha. She maintained that Siddhanth, son of Shakti Kapoor, was “completely clear” and had merely landed in bother on account of circumstance.Tejaswini was referring to the 2022 Bengaluru case during which Siddhanth was arrested for allegedly consuming medicine at a rave social gathering in a fancy resort. “Siddhanth has been within the mistaken place on the mistaken time and since he’s from this household, his title will get highlighted,” she mentioned throughout a chat with Siddharth Kannan. Siddhanth had earlier claimed that somebody supplied him a drink whereas he was DJ-ing on the social gathering. He was later launched on bail.
‘Media blew it out of proportion’
Recalling the rapid aftermath, Tejaswini mentioned the household rushed to assist Siddhanth. “The primary time it occurred, me and my husband went to get him out as a result of he was together with his mates, and we knew all his mates,” she mentioned, including that the “media blew it out of proportion.”“His title was all over the place within the papers. Uska naam kharab ho gaya,” she added. When requested straight if Siddhanth was clear when it got here to medicine, Tejaswini firmly responded, “In fact.”She additional defined that Siddhanth’s occupation made the state of affairs worse. “Persons are judgemental in relation to the corporate you retain,” she mentioned, including that since he works as a DJ internationally, even oblique associations can harm his repute.
‘Shraddha and Siddhanth had been crying inside’
Tejaswini additionally recalled a disturbing incident when a political social gathering staged a protest outdoors the household’s home, shouting slogans. The episode, she mentioned, took a extreme emotional toll on each siblings.“The way in which they bought affected, it was horrible. Someday, one political group was shouting slogans outdoors the home. Shraddha and Siddhanth had been crying inside. Sadly, this was was a giant deal. They had been actually affected,” she recalled.In November, Siddhanth appeared earlier than the Mumbai police to file his assertion in reference to a Rs 252 crore narcotics case linked to the seizure of mephedrone at a manufacturing facility in Sangli in 2024. He was summoned after his title surfaced in the course of the questioning of an alleged narcotics provider.
Childhood recollections and household bonds
In the identical interplay, Tejaswini additionally shared lighter anecdotes from Shraddha’s childhood, revealing that her nickname was ‘chidki chidki lollypop’. “My mother at all times referred to as her lolly, as a result of she would drool rather a lot,” she recalled with amusing.She added that Shraddha was a bit of reserved as a baby however has grown into somebody deeply linked together with her household. “Now my relationship together with her is kind of totally different. She is there. She spends time. She sits for five–6 hours and continues to speak,” she mentioned. When requested if Shakti Kapoor ever objected to Shraddha working in movies, Tejaswini dismissed the concept. “He was completely okay together with her working. He is aware of how she is. She has a thoughts of her personal, proper from the start she has had a thoughts of her personal. She is the apple of his eye,” she mentioned.