&quot;I feel there&#39;s very little that can grow under a banyan tree. So, I have tried to create my own path and I have very successfully done it - whether it&#39;s through my fashion or movies I choose,&quot; said the 28-year-old in a group interview. <img alt="Sonam Kapoor" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jun/Sonam-Kapoor_4.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 560px;" /> Sonam Kapoor In her six years in the industry, with 11 films and hits like &#39;Raanjhanaa&#39; to her credit, Sonam has avoided taking a piggy-back ride on her dad&#39;s strong shoulders. &quot;Very thoughtfully I tried not to do much with my father. It&#39;s a very selfish decision, as I just wanted my own identity. So even when &#39;Aisha&#39; was produced, my sister (Rhea) produced it. It was her first film. I never asked my father to do this for me. I think I have a man&#39;s ego in a lot of ways,&quot; she said. &quot;And also, I don&#39;t want to take away his hard work. If I don&#39;t do well and he has put in his money or name on me, then 40 years of his hard work goes down the drain because his daughter is a disappointment. So, I would rather fall down on my own and I don&#39;t want to take my dad with me,&quot; she added. From her 2006 debut film &#39;Saawariya&#39; to subsequent releases &#39;Delhi-6&#39;, &#39;Players&#39; and &#39;Mausam&#39; - all were box office disappointments. She says she was too young to understand a few things in the past. &quot;I realised that because of my glamorous image and being a fashion icon, I don&#39;t need to do films to add star value to myself. I was too young to understand that back then, but I am old enough and now understand that because of my image I can get away with doing more real films. But that doesn&#39;t mean I am only doing &#39;Raanjhanaa&#39; or &#39;Bhaag Milkha Bhaag&#39;, in which I am playing a quintessential rooted Indian girl.&quot; She was seen as a high society fashionista in &#39;Aisha&#39; and as an uptown girl in &#39;I Hate Luv Storys&#39;, which didn&#39;t garner enough success at the box office. Once again she will be seen as a modern girl in Yash Raj Films&#39; project. &quot;There is this film with Yash Raj, in which I am playing a modern girl from Gurgaon. She is a banker. So, I really want to pick characters like young girls, cool, not-so-cool girls -- as long as they are real girls,&quot; she added.

Although she comes from a film family, Sonam Kapoor is determined to make her own identity without any help from her actor-filmmaker father Anil Kapoor as she feels that scope for growth under a banyan tree is bleak

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