Karisma Kapoor is the first-born of Raj Kapoor's son Randhir Kapoor and Babita. In the book Raj Kapoor: The One and Only Showman, written by his daughter Ritu Nanda, Babita shared that her father Hari Shivdasani and Raj would play tennis when she was a child.

Raj Kapoor kept a condition before the Kapoor family before visiting Karisma Kapoor when she was born. Raj Kapoor captures the soul of Indian cinema and he is often dubbed the 'Charlie Chaplin' of Indian cinema.

Raj Kapoor did not visit Babita in the hospital when Karisma Kapoor was born and kept a condition and declared that he will visit the baby only if his condition is fulfilled.