'I was very lost, couldn’t make sense of anything': Shahid Kapoor on taking spiritual path

Shahid Kapoor is one of the few actors in Bollywood who never shies away from talking and sharingabout hispersonal life. Kapoor, who is currently promoting his recently released movie Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, opened up about the tough phase of his life and how taking a spiritual path helped him get through all of that.

Sharingabout his spiritual side, the Jab We Met actor revealed that he follows the spiritual organisation Radha Soami, and thatthe spiritual learnings and preachingshelped him understand himself.

Speaking to Quint, Shahid spoke about howtaking to spirituality helped him set the context for every curiosity he had about life.

The actor said, "It is my spiritual path. I always had a spiritual leaning. I always was very curious about life, about the source of life, about why we are here, what’s the point of it all, and I was very lost because I didn’t have any answers so I couldn’t make sense of anything."

“I follow the Radha Soami path. I really connected with it, and I think that helped me set context to everything. I think that helped me understand things much better, understand myself better. And I think, amongst other things, like being an actor and being a parent, and being a child, I am actually on the quest of finding myself and my relationship with God,” Shahid added.

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Meanwhile, on the work front, Shahid and Kriti Sanon's romantic comedy, Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya,released in theatres on Feb 9 has earneddecent numbers at the box office so far.

After a slow start on Friday, the movie saw a jump in numbers on Saturday, the second day of its release.
As per box office tracking site Sacnilk.com, the movie earned Rs 6.7 crore (Rs 67 million) on Friday and Rs 9.50 crore (Rs 95 million) on Saturday, taking the total collection to Rs 16.20 crore in India.

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Review

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiyacomes together in the last 20 minutes with an important message on whether it is ok to let machines take over the world in the near future. Sure, they are programmed in a way that they can do everything just like humans, but can AI ever replace humans and human emotions? The film highlights these questions well- even if the presentation is hugely dramatised and over the top.Read the full review here.