Bollywood actresses and cricketers’ jodis have always left us in awe, and one of the OGs of this lovey-dovey amalgamation had been Sharmila Tagore and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. The actress was at the peak of her career when she got married to the cricketer. The couple has three kids, Soha, Saba, and Saif. In a recent interview, Soha revealed how her dad, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi thought that she would be a boy when she was born.
Soha Ali Khan recalls her dad, Mansoor Ali Khan, screaming around the corridor after thinking he had welcomed a baby boy
In an interview with News18, Soha Ali Khan revealed that when she was born, her dad, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi thought it might be a boy, which led him to scream around the corridors. The actress shared that her dad was saying that they would make ‘him’ a fast bowler after thinking that his wife might have given birth to a baby boy. Later, when Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi understood that they actually welcomed a baby girl, they realised that there had not been many opportunities for girls in cricket back then, as they do now, or else they would have made her a blower only. In Soha’s words:
“When I was born, I think my father was screaming in the corridors, ‘We’ll make him a fast bowler.’ But later, when it was discovered that it was a girl, there weren’t many opportunities for girls in cricket, unlike today. Perhaps they would’ve invested in me as a bowler then.”
Soha Ali Khan talks about her athletic upbringing
In the same interview, Soha Ali Khan revealed that while she didn’t learn cricket for that matter, she has developed an interest in sports, especially badminton. She shared that she hasn’t formally learnt cricket, but she credits her sharp athletic upbringing. On the other hand, physical fitness has always been important in the Pataudi family, not for appearance, but for strength. Soha said that she and her husband, Kunal try to instill the same in their daughter, Inaaya.
Soha Ali Khan on why she wants to instil strength in her daughter by buffing up her fitness
Soha, in the interview, said that people generally want their daughter to be good and boys to be strong, but for them, they want their daughter to be strong enough so that the little one doesn’t have to depend on anyone to protect herself. Soha stated that the importance of the same is to make her mentally strong and to believe in herself that if she feels uncomfortable around anyone, she will know that she has the power to fight back. Soha can be quoted as saying:
“Often, we want our girls to be good and our boys to be strong. But we want her to be physically strong, such that she doesn’t feel she doesn’t want anyone else to protect her. Even to the point if someone makes you feel unsafe, you should feel, ‘I have the strength to fight back.’ Even though we may be physically the inferior s**, and that’s why become soft targets in so many ways, the idea is to be mentally strong as well.”
Soha Ali Khan reveals how her mom was told that it would be professional suicide for her to marry Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
In an interview with Nayandeep Rakshit, Soha said that while her mother was established at the age of 13, people always had questions for her when she wanted to marry someone outside of her religion. Soha also shared that people asked her how Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was letting her do work after marriage. She also revealed that people tagged it to be a professional suicide for her mom, when she decided to marry at the peak of her career.
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