• 2 days ago
Here's a throwback to 2018 when Sara Ali Khan talked about her blended family and her bond with her father Saif's wife Kareena Kapoor.

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00:00I call her aunty and my father is like, you don't want to call her aunty.
00:03And I see my father today and I see my mother today and they're both
00:06much happier than I think they would have been together.
00:08Right.
00:08I must tell you, mom dressed me for my father's wedding.
00:31You do have, what do I say, in a better way of saying it,
00:34a modern family situation.
00:35Yeah.
00:36That is kind of cool and y'all have all handled it with a lot of maturity
00:38and I know it's taken a while to get there.
00:40Sara, for you, I mean, you're somebody I know that as a child
00:42you looked up to Kareena as a great actor.
00:44Pooh.
00:45Yeah, she was Pooh.
00:46She's, I mean, there are moments still where she's like Pooh
00:48and I'm like, no, okay, she's my father's wife also.
00:51Yeah, she's also your father's wife.
00:52But I mean, for you to make that shift in your life,
00:55like, you have your parents and then you have this other woman
00:58who's an actor who you love and admire, is now your father's wife.
01:01Was there a point that you said,
01:03I have to be pragmatic about this situation,
01:05be emotionally sensitive to my dad, my mom, everyone?
01:08Like, did you go through that dilemma at that time?
01:10You know, I feel that everybody's been very clear with me
01:15vis-a-vis the equations.
01:16It's never been confusing.
01:17Right.
01:18Kareena herself was saying, and she still says that,
01:20look, you have a mother and you have a great mother at that.
01:23And what I want is for us to be able to be friends.
01:26Right.
01:27My father also never said, you know,
01:29this is your second mother, or made it any way uncomfortable.
01:33Everybody was very clear.
01:34Call her Choti Maa.
01:35Never, never, never.
01:36Never.
01:37I mean, I think Kareena would probably have a nervous breakdown
01:39if I was to call her Choti Maa.
01:41She'd be like, what? No.
01:42I just wanted her to be for fun.
01:44For your film, Slap Mom.
01:44Yeah, that was kind of, I mean, it was bizarre.
01:48Not a title she loves, I think.
01:49Yeah, it's not a title she loves.
01:51Not at all. I mean, I used to be like,
01:52you know, what should I call her?
01:53Kareena, Kareena aunty.
01:55And my father was like, you don't want to call her aunty.
01:57You don't want to call Bhebu anything.
01:58She doesn't think…
01:59She wants to call her K or Kareena, you know.
02:00I don't think she wants Taimur to call her mom.
02:02Yes.
02:04So, I don't think that there was any way,
02:07any confusion about what, which equation was.
02:10And, you know, I also feel that somewhere down the line,
02:13it's very important to respect what other people want.
02:16And I see my father today and I see my mother today
02:19and they're both much happier than I think
02:21they would have been together.
02:22Right.
02:22You know, and therefore, everybody around them is happier.
02:26And I think what I have now is two very comfortable homes
02:29as opposed to one uncomfortable home.
02:31So, I really, really think that I win.
02:33But that's beautiful.
02:33You're very gracious.
02:34No, it's not about being gracious, Appa.
02:36It really is true.
02:37Yeah.
02:38You know, mom is happy, you're happy,
02:40Kareena is happy and we're all happy.
02:43We're all happy.
02:44As I said, quintessential beautiful modern family.
02:46Exactly.
02:47When I was getting married to Kareena
02:49and Sara was very excited and wanted to,
02:52you know, was coming over and was at the Taj.
02:54Yes.
02:55And Ibrahim,
02:57for just some reason, before going down,
02:59I wrote a note to Amrita and I said,
03:02you know, this is a new chapter starting
03:04and, you know, we've had our history and everything
03:06and something along the lines of good wishes,
03:09I hope, for both of us and something, you know, to carry on.
03:12And I sent it to Kareena.
03:14Yeah.
03:15And I said, have a look at this.
03:16If it's okay, I'm thinking of sending it across, whatever.
03:18Yeah.
03:19And she was like, I think that's really nice.
03:20Sent it across and then Sara called me and said,
03:23you know, I was coming anyway.
03:24Yeah.
03:24But now I'm coming with a happy heart even more.
03:27How nice.
03:28And I think that story kind of just sums up
03:30the attitude of everyone involved.
03:32I must tell you, mom dressed me for my father's wedding.
03:35So a lot of people, you know, would be of the opinion
03:37that there was like, you know, Kareena was being weird
03:40or mom was being weird.
03:41You were.
03:42I have a flash of walking into a room
03:43where you were getting ready.
03:44Yeah.
03:45And your friends were with you.
03:46Yes.
03:46And I walked in and I saw a flash and I said,
03:48this is actually gorgeous.
03:49Yeah. And it was very, very comfortable.
03:51And whether it was Kareena saying that I don't want to be your mom,
03:54I want to be your friend, whether it's my father,
03:56always, you know, respecting my opinion
03:58and making sure that I'm comfortable,
04:00whether it was mom being obviously very comfortable in her skin
04:04and dressing me and saying, go and have a good time
04:06and be there for your father.
04:07Everybody was so mature that I had no, I mean…
04:10So great.
04:11It wasn't a big deal at all.
04:12Someone being difficult could be a nightmare for me.