Asserting she “failed spectacularly as an actor”, former actress and author-producer Twinkle Khanna said it is easier to shrug off failure when success is not taken seriously.
Khanna, who quit being a leading lady in Bollywood, has established herself as a bestselling writer under the name, Mrs. Funnybones.
Speaking at a panel discussion, Khanna reminisced her childhood days with her mother, actress Dimple Kapadia, saying: “When I came to her (Dimple) as a plump nerd with my exam results and said look, ‘I got 97 per cent in Mathematics’, she said it matches your weight.”
Citing similar examples of her life, Khanna recalled saying, ‘what is the point in having such mother’.
“But over the years, I discovered the reason behind her peculiar philosophy of raising me. When you don’t take success very seriously, it is easier to shrug-off your failure,” Khanna said.
“When I finished 12th [grade], I wanted to become a chartered accountant. But both my parents were in the entertainment business [and] they were keen I follow their footsteps; and I did. But eight years later, I came to the conclusion that I have spectacularly failed as an actor,” she said.
“Though this was a bit disheartening, I wasn’t shattered. I moved on and here I am today,” she continued.
Khanna was last seen in Farah Khan’s Tees Maar Khan, playing a cameo. With this film, Twinkle also started donning the producer’s hat, and co-produced many films, including Khiladi 786, Holiday and R. Balki’s upcoming Padman, with all the films starring her husband Akshay Kumar.
