Saif Ali Khan always creates a blend of entertainment backed by an influential message. The nature of Saif’s on-screen choices is highlighted in each of his characters, and in each of his choices. In a recent global event, Saif Ali Khan shared the legacy he would like to carve, and the stories he’d like to leave behind.
Speaking about the kind of narrative he would like to put forward, Saif Ali Khan states, “A good story about how you helped someone — that’s the legacy I want. Not the money. Not the fame. My father’s best stories weren’t about how many runs he scored. They were about how he made people feel.”
And now, in another interview, the Nawab of Pataudi has revealed a lot of things about his earlier days in the industry.
The actor revealed, “I probably did have it easy, but I mean, of course I thought it was very hard for me.”
He added, “We didn’t have the family background that empowered us to be a certain kind of movie star… our training was to be self-conscious, quiet, self-deprecating… not the larger-than-life persona that actors in the nineties were expected to have.”
Saif Ali Khan also said, “I’d done second lead, third lead… There were a couple of films that were decent, that kept one afloat. But then there came a time when, you know, one after another, they were very bad
The Omkara actor made a shocking claim of how “a producer who demanded he kiss her cheek ten times each time she handed him money”.
In another interview, Saif Ali Khan once said, “A good story about how you helped someone — that’s the legacy I want. Not the money. Not the fame. My father’s best stories weren’t about how many runs he scored. They were about how he made people feel.”