This Article is From Nov 24, 2013

Saif Ali Khan: No objection if daughter wants to join Bollywood

Saif Ali Khan: No objection if daughter wants to join Bollywood

Saif reveals his daughter Sara is his weakness

Highlights

  • Actor Saif Ali Khan says he has no objection if his daughter Sara joins the film industry provided she completes her education.
  • Saif married actress Amrita Singh in 1991 and they have two children - daughter Sara and a son. After thirteen years of marriage the couple divorced in 2004.
  • Sara was noticed when she posed on the cover of a magazine alongside mother Amrita and also when she made her ramp debut for designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. There were reports that the teenager has been flooded with film offers since then.
  • "She is in America in college in Colombia University. She will have a degree and then she is free to choose whatever she wants to do. She can live and work anywhere in the world, she can come back here and join films, or become lawyer. It is upto her," Saif told PTI.
  • The actor-producer father will support his daughter if she wants to become an actress but she might need to lose some weight, he feels.
  • "If she chooses to be here (in film industry) then she will have to lose weight.
  • "I think it is better to concentrate on education and have some backing. What if you are not successful as an actor? Then you will be stuck with no job also. Though you get lot of Things as an actor, there is a lot of pressure. It is not a normal life as you don't have time for the little things in life. I am fine with it but I think college degree is important," he added.
  • His daughter is his weakness, he concedes. "She is my friend and my weakness too," he says.
  • He also keeps giving his children fatherly advice. "One should put priorities in the right place. My main thing is that they should go to college and then figure out what they next.
  • The other thing is to marry the right person or not to get married. These are things that can affect your life, if you get these things right then rest is fine," he added.
Mumbai: Actor Saif Ali Khan says he hasno objection if his daughter Sara joins the film industryprovided she completes her education.

Saif married actress Amrita Singh in 1991 and theyhave two children - daughter Sara and a son. After thirteenyears of marriage the couple divorced in 2004.

Sara was noticed when she posed on the cover of amagazine alongside mother Amrita and also when she made herramp debut for designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.There were reports that the teenager has been flooded withfilm offers since then.

"She is in America in college in Colombia University.She will have a degree and then she is free to choose whatevershe wants to do. She can live and work anywhere in the world,she can come back here and join films, or become lawyer. Itis upto her," Saif told PTI.

The actor-producer father will support his daughter ifshe wants to become an actress but she might need to lose someweight, he feels.

"If she chooses to be here (in film industry) then shewill have to lose weight.

"I think it is better to concentrate on education andhave some backing. What if you are not successful as an actor?Then you will be stuck with no job also. Though you get lot ofThings as an actor, there is a lot of pressure. It is not a normal life as you don't have time for the little things in life.I am fine with it but I think collegedegree is important," he added.

His daughter is his weakness, he concedes. "She is myfriend and my weakness too," he says.

He also keeps giving his children fatherly advice."One should put priorities in the right place. My mainthing is that they should go to college and then figure out what theynext.

The other thing is to marry the right person or not to getmarried.These are things that can affect your life, if you getthese things right then rest is fine," he added.
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