Mira Rajput says she deleted Facebook before marrying Shahid Kapoor: ‘Got 3,000 friend requests overnight’
Mira Rajput says she deleted Facebook before marrying Shahid Kapoor: ‘Got 3,000 friend requests overnight’
Stepping into the spotlight overnight is never easy—something Mira Rajput Kapoor knows all too well. At just 20, with no ties to the film industry, Mira’s life changed dramatically when news of her engagement to Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor broke. In a candid conversation on the Moments of Silence podcast, she recounted the whirlwind that followed: the public frenzy, her battle for privacy, and the emotional solitude that came in the wake of her high-profile wedding.
“It felt like everyone suddenly wanted to know who I was”
The announcement of Shahid’s marriage to a young woman from Delhi set off a media storm. Overnight, Mira became the subject of national fascination. “I got around 3,000 friend requests all of a sudden,” she recalled. “It felt like the whole world was trying to look me up.”
That intense spotlight made her rethink her digital footprint. Concerned that old photos from her teenage years could be misinterpreted or criticized, she decided to delete her Facebook account before the wedding. “I kept imagining someone digging up a photo of me at 15 and judging how I looked or what I wore,” she said.
“After marriage, things got really quiet and lonely”
Contrary to public perception, Mira’s new life wasn’t all glitz and glamour. Moving from Delhi to join Bollywood’s elite came with emotional hurdles. “Life after marriage turned quite silent, and I felt really isolated,” she admitted.
She also opened up about how fame created distance between her and her old circle of friends. “We just grew apart. I’d see them living freely and think—‘I wish I could do that too.’”
Today, Mira has carved out her own path beyond her identity as Shahid Kapoor’s wife. As a mother to Misha and Zain and a budding entrepreneur, she has steadily embraced her public persona while forging her own identity and sense of purpose.
