Armaan Jain reveals the Kapoors are all 'closet chefs'
India, Dec. 12 -- T
he dinner-table conversations of Bollywood's legendary Kapoor family became a talking point in India after actor-entrepreneur Armaan Jain released his special documentary Dining With The Kapoors last month. With the family coming together to celebrate actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor's 100th birth anniversary over a special lunch menu curated by Armaan, the film offered fans a rare peek into their cherished traditions and gave the family a chance to relive them.
For Armaan, who is the son of Raj Kapoor's daughter Rima Jain, the documentary was his way of contributing to the "food legacy" of the Kapoors. He says, "Food is a large part of our family. From Raj Kapoor's generation, with (his wife) Krishna Kapoor hosting film parties, our house always had this open house culture, ki sab aa jao aur khao. In fact, all of us are closet chefs at home. We love cooking and feeding. It's a tradition that's passed down."
The 35-year-old shares that since he never met Raj Kapoor, this was his personal tribute.
"These are the stories I heard, as I wasn't born when he was around. I also have a food business where I have preserved these recipes from our home, improvised them, and shared them with the world. I felt that bringing together the family, food, these memories, nostalgia, and the legacy over a dining table in the way we are behind closed doors, it's really us. I see a very honest side when I see my family around a dining table," he says.
Ask whether any family members were hesitant about sharing their dinner-table conversations with the world, and he responds, "Everyone in the family was in complete alignment because the vision I had is what they have as well. They've grown up seeing the same traditions, values and culture as well."
In the film, Armaan also surprises his family with a miniature version of their Chembur home in Mumbai, a property that has since been sold.
"You always latch onto a place that has given you so much. The place is so meaningful for us. Since it wasn't available, the idea was to recreate some memories from the space that we really enjoyed growing up in. The physical avatar of it was maybe the icing on the cake. It just made us happy and took us back in time," he ends....
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