Nikhil Kamath invited Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor on his podcast People by WTF. In the first few minutes of the podcast, the two talk about their work and life. During their conversation, Kamath shared his thoughts on Bengaluru and how he came to the city. He further shared how he feels about Mumbai.
Nikhil Kamath first tells his life story and says that he was born in Shimoga, Karnataka. His father worked. Canara Bank, so his family usually moved places every three years. After Shivamogga, he moved to Hassan and then to Karnal in Haryana until he was about six years old.
“Then came to Bangalore. Then, when my father got transferred beyond that. We didn’t travel with him, right? We stayed with my mother in Bangalore, and my mother’s family was here in Bangalore,” Kamath said. said in the podcast. (Also read: Liver doctor slams billionaire Nikhil Kamath for viral podcast on wine industry: ‘Wine is good business’)
He added, “From the age of 7 to 37, for the last 30 years, I have been a Bangalore boy. I have a lot of love for this city, which in a way has given me everything and I think it’s a couple of the way love is, I show it a lot and I think this city loves M. So I was telling you the other day that you should come to Bangalore and It’s very different from Mumbai, the way you usually hear. People say that Mumbai is fast. Bangalore has a spirit that’s different from the spirit of Mumbai, and I feel like you have to be there to experience it. It has to be.
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Nikhil Kamath had previously shared his views on Bengaluru and Mumbai. “At the end of the day, the big, big difference maker — scr** all the roads, the traffic… those things don’t matter — the people of Bengaluru are second to none (because) they are from the city,” he said. Love how good they are as people.”
He added, Hyderabad is known for its biryani, Mumbai for its “good people”, Delhi “for people who have a lot of money and know it”, and “Bangalore is known for good people”.