As usual, Ekta Kapoor plans to host a big birthday bash a month after her actual birthday. Though she turns 31 on June 7 the birthday bash will be held on July 11. This is the partying procedure followed by the capricious queen of soaps every year.
But this time there’s a difference. The party will be held in Ekta’s parents’ home. But her parents are not invited.
Chuckles the wunder-queen, “As you know I’ve moved back with my parents. So my birthday bash is going to be there at my parents’ home. But I can’t party in front of my parents, specially my dad who still treats me like a kid, ruffles my hair, kisses my forehead, clocks my time out. If he sees me partying he’ll freak out. To him I’m still that 12-year old daughter.â€
So what plans does Ekta have for her dad?
“I think I’ll pack him off for the night with mom to my apartment which is just a hop away from our bungalow. See, I love my Dad but I can’t be partying with him around. Mom is my friend. And she’s welcome to join us.But she can’t leave my Dad somewhere and be with us for the party.â€
There’s another reason why Ekta wants her dad out of the way for the birthday party. “My friends find him really HOT. And I can’t bear that. I’ve always been madly possessive about my dad . I once chased an over-enthusiastic female fan with a slipper. And what about this very successful female superstar now happily married? I glared so hard at her she nearly shriveled up and never cosied up to my dad again.â€
This time Ekta intends to party for her birthday with a difference. “The big bash on on July 11 is for my colleagues in the television industry. For my friends from the outside the industry I’ve planned a series of birthday dinners, just intimate group of common friends who are comfortable together over a period of 4-5 days.â€
On the her birthday, June 7 Ekta makes her usual birthday trip to Tirupathi.
About being 31 she says, “I think the 30s is the 20s of the new generation.Who knows, next year this time I could start feeling like a teenager. There’s a whole Benjamin Button happening to my life.â€