- Monday, June 30, 2025
Kareena Kapoor has broken her silence on Saif Ali Khan’s shocking knife attack at their Mumbai home. Speaking to Barkha Dutt, Kareena shared how the traumatic incident affected her, Saif, and their children Taimur and Jeh.
By: Vibhuti Pathak
Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor has spoken for the first time about the traumatic knife attack on her husband, Saif Ali Khan, earlier this year. The incident occurred at their Bandra, Mumbai home when an intruder broke in and stabbed Saif six times during an attempted burglary.
The attack happened in the early hours, with the assailant entering the room of their younger son, Jehangir (Jeh). Saif was rushed to surgery to remove a part of the knife that had lodged in his spine, and the family has been grappling with the aftermath ever since.
Living with Trauma and Sleepless Nights
In a candid conversation with journalist Barkha Dutt on Mojo Story, Kareena described the profound anxiety and sleeplessness she endured in the months following the attack. “I am still kind of struggling with what it does to see someone there in your child’s room. In Mumbai, you never really hear about such incidents… We have still not come to terms 100 percent. At least I haven’t. I was very anxious for the first couple of months. It was very difficult to sleep and get back to the person with that kind of normalcy,” she shared.
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The Emotional Toll and Lasting Memories
Kareena compared the trauma of the attack to experiencing a death in the family, explaining that while the memory fades with time, it never truly disappears. “It’s there in your heart. It is like death. When you lose someone, you never really get over it… but the memory fades day by day,” she reflected. For Kareena, the challenge has been not just coping with her own emotions, but also managing the impact on her family, especially her two sons, Taimur and Jeh, who witnessed the violent event.
Protecting Her Children from Fear
One of Kareena’s greatest concerns has been shielding her children from the lingering fear and anxiety caused by the attack. “But I don’t want to live in that fear for my children because that’s also wrong to put that stress onto them. So, it’s been a tough journey to manoeuvre from fear and anxiety to balancing the fact that I am a mother and I am also a wife. I am just happy and thank God that we are safe. We are stronger as a unit,” she said.
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How the Incident Changed Their Sons
Kareena revealed that the experience forced her always “sheltered” sons to confront the realities of life at a young age. She shared that Jeh now tells Saif, “My father is Batman and Iron Man, he can take on anyone.” Kareena hopes that witnessing their father’s ordeal will ultimately make her sons more resilient. “They have seen blood and everything, but I am hoping that that experience will make them different kind of men… Of course, they shouldn’t have seen this at 4 and 8 years old, but I have to look at something out of it,” she explained.
Moving Forward and Finding Strength
When asked if the attack had changed her as a person, Kareena admitted, “It has shaken me to the core, but I can’t live in that fear. Also, we Punjabis say, ‘Bala tal gai (the calamity was averted),’ and that’s what I am believing in. I don’t think any family should see what we saw. It has been an uphill task.” Despite the trauma, Kareena is focused on healing and moving forward, grateful that her family survived the ordeal and is emerging stronger together.
