Shah Rukh Khan is currently basking in the success of Rajkumar Hirani’s directorial Dunki. While the actor had a stellar run at the box office in 2023, Shah Rukh Khan is considered the ‘King Of Bollywood’ for a reason. In his career, he delivered iconic films with several leading actresses. One of them was Baadshah which starred Twinkle Khanna. In a recent interview, the actress turned author recalled how she felt like a ‘ball of gas’ during the shoot of the song Mohabbat Ho Gayee.
Speaking with Shrayana Bhattacharya, Twinkle Khanna stated, “I know you see all these actresses saying that they don’t diet and they eat everything; it’s not true, most of them are starving. I was starving, if you want your stomach to be flat in all those catsuits that we used to wear—I don’t know why we wore them. This was my own brainwave that I’m going to live on channa. For some reason, being Gujarati, I felt that was also cheap, and you know, I could get it easily wherever I went.”
She further shared, “So, this was my diet. And in this song he had to lift me up, and I was so scared that I would explode like the gas canisters in the Parliament, but I didn’t. So if you see my teeth clenching there, other things are also clenching and just holding on, but yes, I survived that bit as well.”
Quipping about the review that she got for her role, Twinkle Khanna revealed, “I did have a review from that movie which only centered around my navel, that was it. And at that time, nobody protested; this was perfectly fine. We didn’t think it was misogynistic. In fact, I think I thanked the writer.”
Twinkle announced her new book last month. Taking to Instagram, she shared the cover of the book and wrote, “Welcome to Paradise, my 4th book, is a collection of stories that explore the depths of heartbreak, relationships, and deception. Some of these characters have lived inside my head for the last five years, and now they are ready to meet all of you:)”.
