'Neerja' actress Sonam Kapoor said it was her father, Anil Kapoor, who motivated her to work in the film industry. “He is so empowering as a person. He is such a feminist. He has never made me feel that because I am a girl, I am something less. When I was 22-23, and had joined the film industry, somebody told me 'why are you going slowly (careerwise)'. And I told my dad that they're saying that I can only work till I am 30-31 years old, so I should do as much work as I can. He said 'don't think like that. This is your job, you love acting, you should be doing this for the rest of your life'.”
Praising her parents for supporting her and her sister's choices, Sonam said, “He has never ever made me feel that 'oh you need to get married, you're a girl, you don't deserve this'. When I came in this industry, it was a shock that people are so sexist, because my father, mother were never that. They never made Rhea and me believe that we are not capable human beings because we are women.” Sonam will be next be seen alongside Akshay Kumar in 'Padman' and 'Veere Di Wedding'
