Soha Ali Khan: I thought it would be nice to give people an insight into what it’s like to be me
| Nov 13, 2017, 18:08 IST
Soha Ali Khan who welcomed her first child Inaaya Naumi Khan, is all set to launch her debut book ‘The Perils Of Being Moderately Famous’. She shares her story behind writing the book and some amusing tales. The actress said, “A lot of people have misconceptions about who I am as a person, what kind of upbringing I had, and how’s it belonging to a famous family where everyone is a bit of a superstar — my brother (actor Saif Ali Khan), mother (actor Sharmila Tagore), father (Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi) and sister-in-law (actor Kareena Kapoor Khan). But when they meet me, they are like ‘You aren’t like what I expected’. I thought it would be nice to give people an insight into what it’s like to be me.”
Soha talks about her love for reading and the idea on writing one, “I was a student of History in college, so we had to write a lot of essays, and since then a lot of people said you write so well, you should write a book some day. Of course, I love reading, but I have always said that there’s a great difference between being a good reader and being able to write.”
Soha revealed that, “The publishers came to me with a proposition to publish my book and said that ‘We hear you are intelligent, maybe we could work with you’. At that time, it sounded really daunting, to be able to write 40,000-50,000 words. I didn’t know if I had it in me, so I asked if I could write just one chapter and send it to the editor first. She like them, and so I started writing it and finished a couple of months ago.”
Soha quipped, “There are chapters from my life — childhood and college days, travel, films, the Pataudi lineage, and our relationship with [legendary author] Rabindranath Tagore,”
Soha on being asked about the title said, “Everyone in my family is an achiever, but though not entirely non-famous, I am certainly not of that calibre of fame”, and hence the title ‘moderately famous’.”
Soha talks about her love for reading and the idea on writing one, “I was a student of History in college, so we had to write a lot of essays, and since then a lot of people said you write so well, you should write a book some day. Of course, I love reading, but I have always said that there’s a great difference between being a good reader and being able to write.”
Soha revealed that, “The publishers came to me with a proposition to publish my book and said that ‘We hear you are intelligent, maybe we could work with you’. At that time, it sounded really daunting, to be able to write 40,000-50,000 words. I didn’t know if I had it in me, so I asked if I could write just one chapter and send it to the editor first. She like them, and so I started writing it and finished a couple of months ago.”
Soha quipped, “There are chapters from my life — childhood and college days, travel, films, the Pataudi lineage, and our relationship with [legendary author] Rabindranath Tagore,”
Soha on being asked about the title said, “Everyone in my family is an achiever, but though not entirely non-famous, I am certainly not of that calibre of fame”, and hence the title ‘moderately famous’.”