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The actress, who makes a debut as an author, says that most of her life she was completely non-famous
Despite hailing from an illustrious family, actor Soha Ali Khan says she has lived most of her life in the shadows of the arc lights than basking in their glory. The actor, who has turned author with her debut book, says being a recognisable public figure, one’s experiences can be both equally frustrating and amusing.
Soha talks about finding herself in different capacities – as legendary cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and veteran Bollywood star Sharmila Tagore’s daughter, and actors Saif Ali Khan’s sister and Kareena Kapoor Khan’s sister-in-law. Says Soha,“I belong to a family of superstars. My parents achieved the highest level of success in their respective professions. My brother is a very successful actor, my sister-in-law is a superstar. Even Taimur (her nephew) was trending on Twitter even before he opened his eyes. There are all sorts of famous personalities. For most part of my life I was completely non-famous. My only identity was, I was a sibling or a daughter to these other famous people.”
Soha, however, is aware that being moderately famous has its own disadvantages.“You’re recognised but a lot of people don’t know your name but they’ll know your sister-in-law’s.‘Oh we are big fans of Kareena Kapoor,’ they’d say. I have spoken a little bit about what that feels like, whether good or bad. I’ve also joked with people who’ve stopped me and said ‘Are you Saif Ali Khan’s sister? Can we have a picture?’ and I’ve said ‘only if you can tell what my name is’.
The actor says she does not regret being “moderately famous”. “Absolutely not... One shouldn’t get upset by all of this. This is a huge part of my identity which I’ve embraced - I’ve got a lot of security, comfort, warmth and respect out of being who I am, the things I didn’t earn but my parents did,” she says.
Margot Robbie has said she wants to work with her contemporaries in films. The 27-year-old said she wants reality of her life to be “reflected” in the projects.“I already work with a ton of female writers who are brilliant, and I want to work with female directors... I really want to work with actresses my own age,” Robbie told Vogue Australia magazine. I’m trying so hard to get projects up and running with an ensemble of young female characters, because that’s my life, my group of girls, we’re a gang and we roll together and I’m like:‘Why is that not reflected in film?’” she said.
Margot wants to work with actresses of her age feels John Star Wars sets are like Disneyland,
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