India, March 10 -- Veteran actor Pankaj Kapur praised his children, including son-actor Shahid Kapoor, who he said "made it completely on his own" in the entertainment industry. Speaking with Times Now, Pankaj said that all his children "go and audition on their own" without saying that he is their father.

Pankaj added that he gave in genes to his children. He said, "If you win, you will get the confidence of a winner and if you lose, you would know that you made a mistake. And I have given that to all my children. When I see any of my children working and standing on their own feet, and since these days there's a fashion of audience, they don't tell that they are my children."

"They go and audition on their own, and when they get selec...