shahid and pankaj kapur say their bond strengthened during the making of their filmit wasnt easy explaining romantic scenes to shahid pankaj kapur i have very fond memories of shahid when he was a baby he always had something philosophical to say i remember one thing he said when he was four he was holding my finger while walking and said baba main aapse utna pyaar karta hoon jitna khuda apne bandon se karta hai it spoke volumes about how he felt yes there were years when we saw less of each other but the bond was never weak and it became stronger in the last few years we spent two years while making mausam and our relationship has matured i discovered a friend in him shahid shares all his problems with me not just concerning his girlfriends which i agree are the biggest but it wasnt easy for me to explain the romantic scenes to him im not a strict father as believed but im a strict director but here i had an actor who said im at your disposal it was wonderful to hear that shahid has been so much more which is difficult to explain its difficult for a father and son to get into the professional space shahid kapoor in the 80s and 90s we didnt have so many lowcost airlines and for dad to fly down from delhi was a big thing as we belonged to a middleclass family but dad and my relationship has grown with each year there were times when i missed him and i guess gods helping me make up for all that now its surprising that even though we didnt stay together for the first few years of my life ive discovered that im a lot like him it makes me very happy though it gets him worried dad is my closest friend today whenever theres a problem hes one of the first people i call up since we can talk as equals and share a great equation we were able to do this film together otherwise it can be very difficult for father and son to get into the professional space he allows me to say what i feel and that gave us mausamdirected by pankaj kapur presented by eros international and vistaar religare film fund and produced by sunil lulla and sheetal vinod talwar mausam releases on september 23