A frequent target of trolls and cyber-bullying on social media platforms, former actress and author Twinkle Khanna says she doesn’t get affected by them so much.
Khanna has been trolled and criticised on social media several times. The most recent was just last month over the auction of her husband and Indian National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar’s costume (a naval uniform) from the film Rustom.
“I don’t pay attention to trolls and that is the best way to deal with them,” said Khanna.
A social media user in April tweeted: “You touch our honour and we will give you a bloody nose.”
Khanna responded by saying that she believes in taking legal action instead of retaliating with “violent threats” online.
Also known as Mrs Funnybones, Khanna ventured into the world of Hindi cinema as an actress in the 1995 with Barsaat, opposite Bobby Deol.
But after leaving the acting profession in 2001, she took up interior design. She is also the co-founder of the production company Grazing Goat Pictures.
During her journey as an actress to a producer, she says she has seen a change in Bollywood.
“The movie industry has become very organised and finally I think we are in a place where unusual, content-driven cinema is being appreciated,” said Khanna.
The 43-year-old launched her first book titled Mrs Funnybones, which was named as one of the best-sellers in 2015. And later in 2017, she came out with her second The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, which is inspired by the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, a social activist from Tamil Nadu who introduced low-cost sanitary pads. She even went on to produce a film on him titled Pad Man in 2018.
Is writing a script on the anvil?
“I like telling stories ... This is something I used to do as a child as well. The movie Pad Man was a by-product of the story about Arunachalam Muruganantham, and another of my stories Salaam Noni Appa was turned into a play.
“Yet, I have no particular desire to write for films. It all depends on what the best medium is for that particular story,” she said.
