Neelima Azeem went to Mumbai with Rs 4500 and Shahid Kapoor later became a Rs 585 crore hit

She admits her divorce years were brutally hard

Neelima Azeem opened up about surviving the difficult years after her divorce from Pankaj Kapur, saying she arrived in Mumbai in 1990 with just Rs 4,500. She revealed she raised Shahid Kapoor largely on her own, with him spending significant time with maternal grandparents while she worked to secure stability through acting.