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Dive deep with Soha Ali Khan in this exclusive conversation about legacy, motherhood, identity and her inspiring podcast All About Her.

From her childhood with Sharmila Tagore and Tiger Pataudi, to navigating the expectations of a Bollywood lineage, Soha opens up honestly about:

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• Finding her own voice beyond fame
• Why she launched All About Her — amplifying women’s stories that often go unheard
• Parenting, balancing public life, and raising her daughter Inaaya in today’s world
• How legacy shapes identity, and the ways she honours it while making her own path

Whether you’re into Bollywood, interested in family & motherhood stories, or love motivational talks, this episode is full of lessons, warmth & real insights.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction to Soha Ali Khan
0:30 Childhood, family legacy, and Bollywood background
4:00 Difficulties growing up with fame and expectations
6:00 Launching "All About Her" podcast — goals and impact
7:30 Creating a safe space for women’s unfiltered stories
10:00 Dealing with sexism, violence, and gender issues
12:00 Importance of understanding issues faced by women
14:00 Fun moments on the show and guests like Maheep Kapoor
16:00 Women’s voices in media — progress and challenges
18:30 Family advice and personal values
23:00 Balancing motherhood and public life
26:15 Navigating personal struggles and feminism
29:00 Women’s empowerment and unique qualities
31:00 Encouraging open conversations on uncomfortable topics

Credits:
Host: Shizaa Arshad Khan
Direction & Production: Gouri Prabhakar
Cinematography: PK Photography & Team
HMU: Ankita Ingale
Editors: George C Alex
Editorial Head: Sunita Iyer
Location: Ditas, Mumbai

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00:00You come from a family of icons because you carry a family legacy but you managed to carve your own way.
00:06Did you ever feel like it was difficult?
00:10One of the things that can be frustrating for anybody is
00:14A question you wish journalists would stop asking you?
00:17Any question that starts with you know Kareena, Saif or Sara or Ibrahim or Sharmila.
00:24The bravest no that you've said lately?
00:26One advice that I think your mother gave you.
00:30Yes, don't offend a man's ego and don't offend a woman's emotions.
00:35Let's talk about your podcast All About Health.
00:38The one that really stayed with me was the one with Sunny Leone because that was really raw emotional.
00:43My intent is to create a safe space to have unfiltered judgment-free conversations about certain subjects that we would all benefit from.
00:51If I were to ask you to sell this podcast to men, why should they watch?
00:55Why should they watch?
00:56We all live in a society that is made up of 50% women, 50% men.
01:01We're biologically different.
01:02It's alright to embrace what makes you her, how you manage your profession, whether you face sexism at work, the violence that women are subjected to.
01:11So all those subjects need to be understood not just by women but also by men.
01:16Who was the most fun guest though?
01:18Maheep Kapoor was lots of fun because she speaks her mind and that's what we want.
01:22I went in with a podcast about anti-aging.
01:24We came out of that podcast, retitling it pro-aging.
01:27Did Kunal have his inputs to give?
01:30Yeah, Kunal is.
01:31Hi everybody.
01:32Today I have somebody with me who has sort of lived many lives in one.
01:38An Oxford graduate, an author, a wonderful mother, an actor, an iconic personality and now a podcast host as well.
01:48She's somebody who's redefining women's voices all over again and I'm very excited to have her here because she's equal parts witty, wise, candidly and authentic.
02:01Welcome to the show, Table for Two, Soha Ali Khan.
02:03Thank you so much.
02:04Yeah.
02:05What a kind introduction.
02:06Really?
02:07You liked it?
02:08Yeah.
02:09I'm so glad.
02:10Soha, firstly, let's talk about your podcast, All About Her.
02:12Now that's all about me.
02:13I happened to watch a couple of episodes and the one that really stayed with me was the one with Sunny Leonie.
02:18Because that was really raw, emotional and not very many people are ready to sort of like talk on camera, especially actresses.
02:27They don't want to really come on screen and talk about their personal journey because there's obviously like, you know, so many people out there who are ready to pinpoint this, that and judge.
02:36Yes.
02:37There's a lot of judgment around us.
02:38So, how do you, I'm not just talking about that specific episode, but other episodes as well.
02:45How do you tread between candor and caution?
02:49I think that you're absolutely right.
02:51People sometimes want to speak, but they are aware, especially when you're a public figure, that there are lots of people who bring in, sometimes they're just trolling negativity for no reason.
03:03You might offend somebody, people have judgments.
03:06So, I think the idea is, if you go in with a clean intent, my intent is to create a safe space, to have unfiltered, judgment-free conversations about certain subjects that we would all benefit from, that we all need to speak about.
03:21There's some role models, celebrities, some are unknown faces, but still personal role models to me.
03:27And the idea is for them to give of themselves.
03:31So, it is me asking a lot of them to share to a wider audience.
03:35But what is heartening is that I think when you speak from the heart, people, it connects with people.
03:42And slowly, slowly, you build trust, you build credibility, and you build a sense of people are sharing as human beings what they did in their lives.
03:54So, a personal, a phenomenal woman will share her personal journey.
03:57And then you have an expert, like a Dr. Kovalo, or, you know, we had Rujita Divekar, giving you some expert professional advice.
04:06Because I feel like on podcast, you might get somebody you relate with, or engaging content, but people want an expert to tell them what should they be eating, what should they be doing, how can they get pregnant, you know, how can they achieve their dreams.
04:19So, I think it was nice for me to have both in that attempt to create credibility.
04:25You know, talking about the podcast, somewhat related to it, I actually happened to read your book as well, The Apparel of Being Moderately Famous.
04:34I hope it's still there on Amazon.
04:36It is absolutely there, yes.
04:37Yeah, yeah.
04:38So, in that book, I actually read about your mother's advice, which stuck by me, it's still there in my head.
04:48And it was such wise words, where she said something along the lines of that, you know, just because you're going to have sex with somebody doesn't mean you have to marry that person.
04:57Yes.
04:58That was a very wise advice that was given to you before you were leaving for college, I believe.
05:02Yes, yes, absolutely.
05:03So, I believe her mother is also coming to the show.
05:07She is.
05:08She has.
05:09It's already done.
05:10We've recorded it.
05:11Yeah.
05:12So, what kind of words of wisdom has she given on the show?
05:14Give us just a little bit of snippet.
05:16I feel, of course, I've received much wisdom from her because of my proximity to her as a daughter.
05:23Yeah.
05:24And just by watching her, you know, a lot of wisdom is given in words, a lot of wisdom is imparted by just being who you are.
05:31And then as a daughter or as a viewer, you understand that it's okay to work and have three children.
05:38It is possible to have professional ambitions and yet be a good mother.
05:43It is possible to be in an intercultural marriage and still have your own identity.
05:48You know, so she has navigated many paths and I think has been a source of inspiration to so many.
05:54What was important for me and what we've spoken about on this podcast, which is interesting, is her coming into her own sense of economic independence after my father passed away.
06:06So, I don't think she was very interested in investments and finance and probably thought that all that kind of jargon was very difficult to comprehend.
06:15As a lot of women do, we're making our own money now, but we're not managing our own money.
06:20We still very readily give the reins to our fathers, to our husbands, to other people.
06:24So, who's coming with your mother? Who's the expert?
06:26So, the expert, that's a special episode because we termed it as three generations of her.
06:33So, there's myself, there's my mother and there's Sara.
06:36Oh, Sara Ali has it.
06:37So, we have three.
06:38So, you know, I think we're all experts of our own lives, but we don't have like a financial expert.
06:43We're talking about what it was like to be a woman in growing up in the 40s, 50s, 60s, as opposed to, for me, being born and growing up in the 80s and 90s.
06:54And then there's Sara, who's, you know, a product of a more modern generation.
06:58Yes, yes.
06:59And all the things, relationships, money, work-life balance, skin care, a lot of things stay and a lot of things are different now.
07:08Yeah.
07:09But when you hear stories, let's say, about people who work such different walks in life, right?
07:16And some are obviously nice to hear about, but some are also some cathartic experiences that stay with you.
07:22Yes.
07:23So, how do you sort of like take that in? Do you take some time to let that sink in? Do you take away something from each episode? Is it like a learning thing for you?
07:33I think the objective is for it to give us information and information I feel is empowering.
07:42And again, I feel like a lot of, I myself have been guilty of that. I've tried to deal with a lot of things by myself.
07:50Like I can handle it. I can handle it. I feel like it is nice sometimes to not handle it by ourselves and to depend on friends, on professionals, on role models and get, there's a sense of camaraderie, a sense of, and I do believe that when you share a problem, it is not halved.
08:09But you don't feel alone in that journey. So we're trying to create a community of people. And of course, there are conversations where you walk away feeling heavy about certain things, you feel light about certain things, but you learnt and you've learnt.
08:23And I think if you listen, you can learn from anybody. If you spend an hour with someone, and if you ask them the right questions, you will walk away having learnt something.
08:32And I feel from every episode that we've had, and we've shot about 20 up until now, I've learnt something and more from all of them.
08:39Yeah, but this is your baby, right? This podcast is all you, right?
08:43I mean, it's not all me. I have a team of people.
08:45Yeah, of course, but like, I mean, the idea and everything, right?
08:49And did Kunal have any of his inputs to give?
08:53Yeah, Kunal is actually a very smart person and very creative. And I've fully exploited his creative genius from whether it came to announce something,
09:01whether it came to announcing the fact that I was doing a podcast on a reel that he kindly agreed to do with me, which was ingenious.
09:07I mean, it was his idea and very natural. And I think it just, you know, was beautifully put across to lots of his advice on, you know, things that would sit well with people.
09:20And he's a man. And it's called all about her. But he enjoys watching the episodes.
09:27And he's interested because I think a lot of men will appreciate, if you do appreciate the women in your life, you appreciate their wellness and their happiness.
09:36You contribute to their wellness and happiness. You're a huge part of our lives. So it is called all about her.
09:42But it is definitely for Kunal and for other men as well.
09:45Yeah. So if I were to ask you to sell this podcast to men, what reasonable answer are you going to give to them?
09:56Why should they watch?
09:57They should watch because, you know, we are not, we all live in a society that is made up of 50% women, 50% men.
10:06And, you know, we are all stakeholders in the world. And I think that it's important for you to understand the women that you're around.
10:17And they, I believe in, I'm a feminist. I believe that men and women are equal.
10:24And there are many things that we do. We're now getting there in terms of equal pay and all of that.
10:30But I do believe we're biologically different men and women. And I think in the, in the pursuit of achieving equality or women's empowerment,
10:39we should not forget what makes us uniquely us as women. And I feel some of us might be doing that.
10:46It's all right to embrace your femininity. It's all right to embrace what makes you her and focus on that.
10:54So whether it is your estrogen, whether it's your progesterone, whether it's the fact that they're not in balance these days,
11:00whether it's about the fact that you become a mother, you bear a child, you have that unique ability to do that men don't have,
11:10what that does to your body, how you recover postpartum, how you manage your profession, whether you face sexism at work,
11:17the violence that women are subjected to in India and other parts of the world.
11:21So all those subjects need to be understood, not just by women, but also by men, such that you can just be happier in life.
11:29But you know, if I were to talk about, since we're talking about women, how can we not talk about the industry?
11:36In the industry, there are so many women centric films you were seeing recently, Chhore 2, which was phenomenal role by the way.
11:43Yeah.
11:44But there's so many women centric films that are being made, whether it's OTT or some, you know, big cinema, big screen.
11:51Do you think that somehow that has managed to shift the needle or do you think that there is still, it is still tokenistic?
11:59I feel it's two steps forward, one step back. So I'm positive. I feel that things are changing for the betterment.
12:07You now see as a woman in my mid forties, I see myself being well represented on screen, more often than not.
12:14Still, there are some big films with a lot of well-known female faces doing some questionable things.
12:24And you're like, how are these films still being made? Why are these actors, male and female, agreeing to be a part of this script?
12:31How are you, how are you uttering these dialogues, which seem irresponsible in today's day and world?
12:38So I feel like that continues, but with the OTT, with digital, there's more work.
12:45There's more women in front of the camera, behind the camera, women cinematographers.
12:49You have people like Amazon, Netflix come in. Amazon, certainly you have worked with more over the past few years,
12:58whether it was Hush Hush or Chhore 2, Abadantia. They work with a lot of women and they have mandates for having visibility in women.
13:05Script writing, acting. So I feel those things make me feel happy, but we still have a long way to go.
13:14For example, still when it comes to women talking about their periods, talking about hormones, asking for equal pay.
13:24It still is a conversation that a lot of people find awkward, unnecessary.
13:30And as a result of that, women make themselves difficult at work.
13:36So a man will then feel, okay, I can replace you with someone else who will not be so demanding.
13:41Women are still conditioned to be quiet, harmonious, not ruffled too many feathers.
13:47So if I were to ask you to impart three facts that you, because what I've understood until now is that you yourself had to do a lot of research before you started the podcast,
13:59because you can't be looking dumb on the camera yourself.
14:02No, I mean, ideally not. Yeah.
14:04But having said that, I'm not an expert. Yeah. And I really want to demystify things.
14:10So, for example, if we have a podcast on the environment or if you have a podcast on the media, I will be asking questions and I want to explain it to an audience that may not have even as much information as the research that I've done in a way that should not intimidate you.
14:28It should be like, okay, I understand more now as a result of this. And there have been mistakes that I've made, questions that I've asked, but I'll be like, I'm asking questions.
14:35And if I feel that I'm relatively an intelligent person, you know, and I don't understand this, I'm sure a lot of other people do not understand this.
14:44So let's ask those questions at the expense of sounding stupid, you know, but okay, this is something I don't know. So please.
14:51But it was the most fun guest though.
14:53Maheep Kapoor was lots of fun. Yeah.
14:55Yeah, because she speaks her mind and that's what we want. And she is a woman's woman. She said, I don't understand. We spoke about, I went in with a podcast on anti-aging.
15:05We came out of that podcast, retitling it pro aging and to talk about what people are doing to themselves in the attempt to seem young.
15:14And she's used some colorful language. And she's, you know, I don't know how much of it we can keep, but it is YouTube. And we have no brands, you know, so we're not, but it's what is nice is she says, we should share what we're doing, whether it's to look good.
15:29And whether it's something that is natural, whether it's something that's not natural, whether it's Botox, whether it's fillers, talk about it, tell us what you're doing.
15:37And, you know, she speaks about the fact that a lot of people, even friends don't, don't see what they're doing, what they're doing. There's a sense of someone's success is your failure.
15:48There are insecurities, which, you know, we're all guilty of.
15:52So the idea is to not embarrass, not poke holes and not reveal, but just slowly, slowly with people who are comfortable, start talking about things that we're not talking about.
16:04No, but talking about yourself, about you in general, you know, you come from a family of icons, because you carry a family legacy, but you managed to carve your own way, your own niche into this industry.
16:19But when you did enter the industry, while you were like, you know, it's been so many years that you've been working, did you ever feel like it was difficult or did you ever feel like you were tilting into windmills or something of that sort?
16:34I, of course, I've had ups and downs. And one of the things that can be frustrating for anybody is not having control over your path of your journey.
16:45When you are an actor, you are one small cog in a much larger machine and you're dependent on people to write for you, to direct for you, to produce for you.
16:57And that means that certain things will work out. There might be times when you're not getting work and you sit and you wait and you feel frustrated.
17:07You feel insecure, you look at other people doing well, you compare yourselves, then you ground yourselves again, you turn to your friends, you remind yourselves of what's important to you.
17:17You know, you remind yourselves that fame and fortune are fleeting, but you have to pay that monthly paycheck.
17:23You have EMIs, you have all kinds of things. So just generally day to day existence today is stressful and full of ups and downs.
17:30Yeah. And I'm very sympathetic to, which is why it's called All About Her, to women, because I feel like we do take on a lot.
17:36Yeah. And we do tend to do it quietly. Yes.
17:39So the attempt is to try and, as I said, speak about uncomfortable things.
17:44So even the failures that are part of life, even the frustrations of waiting.
17:49So in my personal career, which I've been, it's been brought to my attention, that's been 20 years.
17:53I feel like there have been lots of waiting for the right opportunities, not enough, not enough work, not enough work with the right people, not enough significant work.
18:03Did it ever feel like that since you come from a family lineage and you know, such a famous parents and then your brother was already in the industry, there was an albatross around your neck.
18:13Luckily, not from them, there was never any pressure to be a success from my parents and they were super successful in their chosen careers.
18:26So I'm very fortunate that they never pressured us to excel.
18:32The objective was always study, get a good education, make smart choices and be happy.
18:42You know, don't waste your life doing nothing.
18:45It's important to have a job. It's important to earn your own money.
18:48Once you're 18, you're on your own.
18:50We're there to guide you, but make your own money and then make your own choices.
18:54Otherwise, you'll have to listen to us, you know, which is also something that you might want to do.
18:59But I didn't. I wanted to make my own choices.
19:01I understood from the age of 17 that I wanted to get my own place, have my own house, live by my own rules.
19:07So I think that is what is important.
19:10And then for some people, a job is a means of financial independence and being able to make your own choices.
19:17And then for some people, it is passion and doing what they really love to do.
19:21Yeah, yeah, yeah. Soha, we're going to play a very fun game now to end the conversation.
19:26But before that, I want to ask you one last question.
19:30And that is, how have you been able to manage motherhood and been a constant present on screen,
19:38whether it's social media or whether now the podcast and everything.
19:42How do you wear the cape and do it all?
19:45I don't.
19:46Are you like a super mother or something?
19:48No, we are all like, I think we are all doing our best.
19:51Yeah. I don't think anyone sets out there to be a bad mother.
19:53Anyone sets out to fail at their work.
19:55Everybody wants to.
19:57And we should be able to do it all.
19:59What we need to learn to do.
20:00And by we, I mean me, what I need to learn to do is to let go, to allow other people to help.
20:07I'm a bit controlling, especially as a mother.
20:11I want to do it all.
20:12I want to be there for homework.
20:13I want to be there for bedtime.
20:14I want to be there to pick her up from school, to drop her.
20:17Now I've realized I do not need to drop her to school.
20:19I do not need to pick her up from school.
20:21She knows that I love her.
20:23I will.
20:25Bedtime is still sacred to me.
20:27The 7pm.
20:28Yeah, 7pm is still sacred.
20:29So how are you managing that?
20:30I'm not, you know, I've cried on set.
20:32I've cried on set in Rajasthan saying, it is 7.10.
20:37She's 10 minutes away from me.
20:38Let me go and say goodnight and come back.
20:40And you can't because it is a lot of money.
20:43It's a lot of people.
20:44They need you.
20:45You know, you can't just disappear on them at 7 o'clock.
20:48I'm fortunate now that I have a staff.
20:51I have Rashmi Didi.
20:53Please stay with me, Rashmi Didi.
20:55You know, and she's there.
20:58Yeah.
20:59And it's her and me.
21:00It's Kunal who's there when I'm not, who's, you know, there.
21:04And he's also working.
21:05Yeah.
21:06There's my in-laws.
21:08There's my mother.
21:09I have, they say it takes a village.
21:12So lean on those people.
21:13Hopefully you have that support.
21:14Yeah.
21:15That support group is very important.
21:16Yeah.
21:17Especially if you're not.
21:18And there are some people who are hands-on parents who are there all the time.
21:21Yeah.
21:22That is also great.
21:23Yeah.
21:24The only worry is that when your children become bigger,
21:26then you'll have a certain sense of empty nest.
21:29And what do I do with my life now?
21:30Yeah.
21:31And as long as you've thought about that, then it's okay.
21:33Okay.
21:34Lovely.
21:35So this game is called Quick Textured Closers.
21:37Okay.
21:38That I've designed specially for you.
21:39Wow.
21:40Okay.
21:41So obviously the first question has to be about all about her.
21:44Obviously.
21:45So there are so many podcasts today and all about her from what I've seen I think now is not just sound and fury.
21:52It's got substance to it.
21:54So very quickly, if you were to give it a tagline or, you know, if you were to sell it to somebody saying, you have to watch it.
22:02What would you say?
22:03How is it different?
22:04I mean, don't shove it down your throats.
22:07I just feel like it is about her, but for him and her.
22:13Okay.
22:14And I feel like if you watch it and as it builds and we talk about more issues, I would like it to be that one stop shop where whatever questions you have regarding your wellness, economic, mental, physical, nutritional, hormonal, you should be able to find the answers here.
22:32So about her, but for everybody.
22:35About her, but for all.
22:36Yes.
22:37Okay.
22:38A belief you held at 25 that you no longer recognize.
22:42That so many, but sleep is not important.
22:50I used to think at 25 that it's okay to power through and it's all right if, and maybe it was okay then at 25, but now at 45 plus, I need my eight hours of sleep and not seven hours.
23:03I need eight hours of sleep.
23:04I don't always get it, but I need it.
23:06And I try to get it.
23:07And for me, bedtime is 11 PM.
23:0911 PM.
23:10Yeah.
23:11Okay.
23:12A question you wish journalists would stop asking you and the, and one you wish they would start asking.
23:17I hope.
23:18Any question that starts with, you know, Kareena, maybe stop asking me or Saif or Sarah or Ibrahim or Sharmila or Taimur or Jay or Inai or anyone else.
23:34That's not me.
23:35That's not me.
23:36Um, you know, I feel, uh, but I mean, I, I don't mind it.
23:40I'm little bit being frivolous and the ones that they should ask.
23:43I mean, um, um, I think that, you know, I'm very fortunate actually, whether it's today or others, I meet the right people.
23:51I'm doing the right interviews.
23:52I'm doing the right interviews.
23:53People seem to be asking the right questions at least on this.
23:57Yeah.
23:58Okay.
23:59One change in the industry that tangibly makes life safer for women that, and one that's still lip service.
24:06Um, I feel that a change in the industry, um, is, there is more responsible portrayals of women.
24:20I think generally now people are thinking about women adding some substance to the script, the content.
24:29Um, also when it comes to things after me too and things like that, people are cognizant of the fact that they will be called out that you cannot even in passing comment on someone.
24:44There is a lot of deep seated conditioning.
24:46A lot of men and women have been speaking like this for generations.
24:49So they still think it's okay, but now women and men are calling them out and saying,
24:53it's not okay to comment on someone's clothes, on someone's behavior, on someone's appearance that it translates into sexism.
25:02It translates into harassment.
25:04It's not just physical.
25:06It's also language.
25:07And I think that that's wonderful.
25:08Yeah.
25:09I think that's really good.
25:11Um, okay.
25:12The bravest no that you've said lately.
25:14Um, I don't like to say no, but I've understood.
25:22Most of the no's I'm telling myself now.
25:26Okay.
25:27So whether it is, you know, no to sugar.
25:31And I've realized now, and it's not a hard no, but it's, I've understood that sugar, coconut sugar, honey, jaggery, frankly, they're all pretty much the same.
25:40They all spike your blood sugar.
25:42But I didn't know this.
25:43Okay.
25:44I made the sugar free.
25:45Is that good?
25:46Apparently stevia is a good one because it's plant based.
25:48But it doesn't go well with cocoa.
25:50It doesn't go well with, and I do like chocolate.
25:52I love chocolate.
25:53But I'm having stevia sweetened chocolate cake.
25:56So is it good?
25:57It's very good.
25:58And I can tell you about some places.
25:59And I know that you don't share dessert.
26:01I don't share dessert.
26:02So that's, I say no, but it's not a, it's a very easy no for me to like, no, no, it's mine.
26:08You can't eat it.
26:09Get your own.
26:10I also know that you have your one diet soda a day.
26:13Yeah.
26:14But I, I was on a cleanse and I didn't have diet soda for 40 days.
26:18I didn't think it was possible.
26:20The only time I quit was when I was pregnant for literally like eight and a half months, because obviously for the first five weeks, I didn't know I was pregnant.
26:27So for eight months, I didn't have diet soda.
26:29Then I went right back to it.
26:31And now I've gone back to it.
26:32I also actually quit soda.
26:33Yeah.
26:34And for around a year.
26:36And then I went quickly back to it.
26:38It's addiction.
26:39And for me, something is like, something is about fountain coke.
26:42And I like fountain coke much better.
26:44So I only ordered from McDonald's.
26:45Really?
26:46Yeah.
26:47But it's very bad for you.
26:48But I like it.
26:49But it's okay.
26:50I feel like you have to weigh up things that are good for you and that are bad for you.
26:52I portion my meals like that so that I can fit that into my calories.
26:56I'm still learning and we can talk about it.
26:58But apparently like I can, given how much aspartame, how much caffeine, how much chemicals and one life and I've already like, you know, halfway done.
27:08I don't think it's going to be that damaging and it gives me a lot of happiness.
27:13So maybe one a day is okay.
27:14Yeah.
27:15One life.
27:16Yeah.
27:17Okay.
27:18One life.
27:19One life.
27:20One life.
27:21One life.
27:22One life.
27:23One life.
27:24One life.
27:25One life.
27:26One life.
27:27One life.
27:28One life.
27:29One life.
27:30One life.
27:31One life.
27:32Two life.
27:33One life.
27:34Eight.
27:35One life.
27:36So I'm going to throw your name very quickly.
27:39One word.
27:40One story.
27:41One habit.
27:42One piece of advice that is associated with them.
27:44Okay.
27:45So you're close people.
27:46What kids in your family, Inaya, Teemu, Jay, anything that you've learnt from them?
27:51Oh my god, I just, I mean, tell me which one and then I'll tell you.
27:56All of them.
27:57They all are, I mean, but they're all so different. They're all so young and they're sort of...
28:00So Inaya, chalo. Tell me about Inaya.
28:02One thing that you've learnt from her.
28:04Because there's always room for learning, right?
28:06Oh yeah, absolutely. I learnt from her every day.
28:08Toddlers or from your mother.
28:13I've learnt to listen and not talk.
28:15It's tough for me. I like to talk and I like to tell her what to do.
28:18But I've learnt to listen. She's her own person.
28:21I might have created her with Kunal.
28:24I might have nurtured her. I might have birthed her.
28:28But she is entirely her own person.
28:30Okay. Your sister Sabali Khan.
28:32What's that one underrated strength about her that people don't talk enough about?
28:37Her emotions. You know, we underrate our emotions all the time.
28:40You know, we all want to be practical and logical and intelligent.
28:44And she is so hot.
28:47Yeah.
28:48And she reminds us whose birthday it is.
28:51Ah, right.
28:52She's that person. You know, the only one person in the family was like,
28:54It's so and so's birthday.
28:55Yeah, yeah, yeah.
28:56So yeah, she's our calendar.
28:57Saif, your brother, you say that he gives the best advice.
29:01So what is that one piece of advice that he's given to you?
29:05I would say if there's, you know, to say one thing, I would say his generosity is what I love about him.
29:11And advice, so much advice.
29:14But one thing that he did tell me after I got married was he said, this is your unit.
29:18You Kunal, the children that you may have, that is your unit.
29:23Be connected with your whole family.
29:24But this should take precedence.
29:27And there are times and of course, you have to be there for your mother, you have to be there for your siblings, you have to be there for other people.
29:35But I think that should be your unit.
29:37Wow.
29:38So I want to, before we part ways, I want you to say that one line that I heard you say on one of the shows, about one advice that your, I think your mother gave you.
29:47Yes.
29:48About, yeah, if you don't offend a man's ego, and don't offend a woman's emotions, if you want a successful relationship.
29:56I understand a lot of people say, men have emotions, women have egos, and of course we do.
30:01We all have female and male within us, feminine and masculine within us, testosterone and oestrogen within us, of course.
30:10But I feel it has stood me, as I said, in good stead.
30:14Yeah, yeah.
30:15So thank you so much, Soha, for coming to Asianet and speaking your mind so wonderfully.
30:21And it was lovely having you here, obviously, because I see you as a role model myself.
30:25Thank you, Soha.
30:26All my life I've seen you like that.
30:28So it was lovely having you here, and I hope that All About Her becomes a huge success.
30:33It's already, people are talking about it, and you've already gotten so many views.
30:37I'm sure it's a new territory for you, YouTube as a space.
30:39Yes, yeah, I'm learning.
30:40Yeah.
30:41Absolutely.
30:42Yeah.
30:43But I hope you get all the success that is there.
30:45Thank you so much.
30:47And all the best.
30:49Thank you so much.
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