Ranbir Kapoor has a special bedtime routine with his daughter Raha that encourages her to talk openly about her feelings, his mother Neetu Kapoor has revealed. During a recent conversation with Curly Tales, Neetu spoke about the actor’s bond with his daughter and shared how he makes it a point to discuss her day with her every night.
Neetu said Ranbir asks Raha what the most significant event of her day was, what made her happy and what upset her. She believes the practice gives the little girl an opportunity to express herself freely.
“I like what Ranbir has with Raha every night. He'll ask her what major happened today. What made you happy and what made you sad and then she expresses. I think that is wonderful,” Neetu said.
Ranbir and his wife, actor Alia Bhatt, welcomed Raha in November 2022. The couple introduced their daughter to the public in December 2023, when she turned one.
Raha tells Ranbir about her encounter with Neetu
Neetu also recounted a humorous incident that demonstrated how closely Ranbir listens to his daughter. She recalled that she was performing aarti when the puja plate accidentally hit Raha on the head.
Later that night, when Ranbir asked his daughter what had made her sad, Raha told him that “Dida” had hit her on the head. Ranbir immediately FaceTimed his mother to ask what had happened.
“He FaceTimed me and said, ‘Mom, you hit my child?’” Neetu recalled. She explained to him that she had been performing aarti and that Raha was standing below her, which caused the accidental contact with the plate.
Neetu also revealed that Raha greets her father with “Jai Shri Ram” whenever he returns home from work.
Neetu praises Ranbir and Alia’s parenting styles
This is not the first time Neetu has spoken about her son’s approach to fatherhood. In an earlier podcast appearance, she praised both Ranbir and Alia for their parenting styles, describing Ranbir as a friend to Raha and Alia as a disciplinarian.
“Raha listens to Alia, and she is a great mother, but Ranbir is like a friend to her. What a father. Hats off. Both are amazing. He does all the fun and masti with her, but she is very scared of her mother because Alia is a disciplinarian,” she said.
Alia has also shared glimpses of her family life on social media. When Raha turned one in November 2023, the actor posted pictures from the celebrations, which included a Bluey-themed birthday party and the family cutting a cake.
Alia’s father, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, had previously revealed that she often takes Raha along to film sets. More recently, Alia shared a glimpse of Raha with Ranbir on the sets of his film Ramayana while praising his performance.
Ranbir Kapoor’s latest and upcoming films
Ranbir is currently receiving attention for his performance in Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Part 1, which released in theatres on November 5. The film features him alongside Sai Pallavi, Yash and Ravi Dubey, with Arun Govil, Lara Dutta, Rakul Preet Singh and Vivek Oberoi also appearing in key roles.
The film collected approximately ₹238.85 crore net at the Indian box office in its first four days, according to early trade estimates, while its worldwide gross approached the ₹500-crore mark.
Ranbir will next feature in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Love & War, which also stars Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal. Described as a period romantic drama set against the backdrop of war, the film is scheduled to release in theatres in January 2027.