“Nobody can control which house they are born in.” Sonakshi Sinha talked about growing up as Shatrughan Sinha’s daughter and why she hid her father’s identity from her classmates.
📹: Raj Shamani
📹: Raj Shamani
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00:00That's when I told this girl, you know Shatrughan Sinha's house, I stay there.
00:03What do you mean?
00:04I was like, he's my dad.
00:07They were all shocked, like they had no idea.
00:10These girls have been with me in college for two years and they had no idea.
00:16What is one thing about your childhood or the privilege or things which people see from
00:23the outside?
00:24What is one thing that you didn't have or you didn't get, but people still think that
00:30this is all for this.
00:32What do you think is misunderstood about you and the privilege and the acting career and
00:39everything that you do?
00:41I can say that, you know, we had a very, very normal upbringing.
00:44Like me and my brothers, we were pulled up and you made mistakes.
00:47We were treated very normally.
00:51In school and college, we used to not tell people who our father was.
00:59It was actually very, very normal.
01:01So I don't know how to explain it, but yes, of course, we're fortunate to be born to such
01:06amazing parents and nobody can control which house they're born in.
01:11So there's no apologies or there's nothing to apologize about.
01:17But it was actually a very, very normal upbringing.
01:20And I feel the person I am today is because my parents brought me up like that.
01:24And I really appreciate it.
01:26At that time, I used to think, oh my God, I want this, but you're not giving it to me.
01:31But now you realize that, you know, this is why, yeah, this is why.
01:37So I think it was very, very normal.
01:40And I'm truly very, very thankful for that.
01:42But did you ever in your school or college did that, that I don't know who you are?
01:47Never.
01:48That's what I'm saying.
01:49I used to not even tell people who my dad was.
01:52I was in SNDT college.
01:54In the second year, the floods happened, 26th July.
02:01And we used to not take our cars to college at that point of time.
02:07This is one girl who lives behind my house, who used to have a car.
02:11So she asked, who all are going to Juhu?
02:14So I said, I need to go to Juhu.
02:15So whoever she could take in her car, she took.
02:17So there were three, four of us in the car.
02:21So she said, okay, where are you going?
02:22I was like, where do you stay?
02:23She said, I stay on 9th Road.
02:24So I was like, oh, I also stay on 9th Road.
02:25So I was like, where on 9th Road do you stay?
02:28So you know Shatrughan Sinha's house?
02:30I stay behind his house.
02:31Where do you stay?
02:34That's when I told this girl, you know Shatrughan Sinha's house?
02:36So I stay there.
02:37What do you mean?
02:38I was like, he's my dad.
02:41They were all shocked.
02:42Like they had no idea.
02:44These girls have been with me in college for two years and they had no idea.
02:47Because there's no point in saying why then they will start behaving weird and like different
02:54or whatever.
02:55So it's just nicer to have that neutral ground with everyone.
02:57And that's what I really believed.
02:59So yeah, it was quite normal.
03:02Of course.
03:03But after two years, it won't be normal.
03:06Instances like these make for good stories also.
03:10It's quite fun.
03:11I still remember.