Karisma Kapoor admits that its only because of sister Kareena that she is in the best shape

The  sun is almost setting and Karisma Kapoor is fashionably late for a promotional event of  Tata Tea.  There are murmured rebellions from those assembled. When she does arrive though, about an hour and a half late, the frayed tempers vanish with one swipe of her dainty head. She smiles, poses for the cameras and everything is fine within no time. Karisma Kapoor has clearly not lost her touch.

When you catch her for a quick chat, she is equally charming and looking like a million bucks. “I was not such a fitness freak earlier, but its all credit to Kareena. She is so much into gymming and yoga and eating the right food that I guess some of it has rubbed off on me. I think I am fitter now that I ever was. Even when I was working and part of the film industry,” she says.

So what does she do to keep herself in such great shape? “I don’t do a lot, not as much as I should, but I do try and execrcise a bit. I am a Kapoor, so you can’t stop me from eating. There’s no way I would give up a full course meal. We are famous foodies,” she laughs.

Given that she is in the best shape of her life, doesn’t the thought of facing the cameras again excite her? “To be honest, there have been a lot of offers, but nothing so exciting that I am tempted to leave my family and my daughter to face the arclights once again. It has to be something really spectacular for me to leave the comfort of my home and face the cameras once again. That moment still hasn’t come.”

For now though, Karisma is happy raising her daughter Samaira to be an “emotionally content person.” “There is so much stress in this world that I want her to be happy with whatever she is. I teach her to be a good and kind person, and I hope I am successful at that,” she ends.