PANAJI: Even when his face is not plastered on billboards, Ranbir Kapoor’s relationship with Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif ensures he is never out of the limelight.

When he and Kaif recently moved into a new home, TV cameramen and photographers followed them for five days.

“The were following my car, seeing where I got down, where Katrina got down, etc. All of that affects you and sometimes you feel life is a bit unfair,” he said.

“Also because of mobile phones it is impossible to be free around your own city so you have to be stuck at home or travel a lot.”

Home to several family dynasties, the Kapoors have the edge in Bollywood with their long line of famous actors and directors stretching back generations.

While other Bollywood stars such as Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are avid users of social networks, Kapoor has no intention of joining them.

“I have two simple reasons for staying off social media. The mystery of an actor is anyway dying. We are visible everywhere — TV, endorsements, promoting films, dancing at awards shows, newspapers,” he said.

“I feel I can maintain some sense of longevity and mystery about myself by avoiding such platforms. “Also I don’t believe an actor in India has complete freedom of speech because if I say something or tweet something it is interpreted in many different ways and then I have the added burden of making people understand what I tried to say. Twitter is like a 24x7 press conference.”

He says the flipside of stardom is the inability to travel in one’s own country.

“I do wish I had traveled in India more. That’s something I miss,” he said.