She started off as an actress, became an entrepreneur and is now a novelist and columnist. Twinkle Khanna, known on social media as Mrs Funnybones, doesn’t regret that she couldn’t score a success story in films.
“Maybe I am better at writing. So I console myself with the fact that I have a career that lasts me a lifetime,” she said over the phone from Mumbai.
Khanna, the daughter of veteran actress Dimple Kapadia and the late superstar Rajesh Khanna, featured in films such as Barsaat, Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai, Mela, Baadshah and Joru Ka Ghulam. But she failed to make a mark.
She then became an entrepreneur, exploring her interest in interior designing. Her writing skills came to be known via her column in a daily newspaper, and eventually she turned an author.
“Considering that I’m here at this platform at this point of time, I think it’s been quite gratifying,” she said.
Be it her books Mrs Funnybones and The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad, her comments on social media or even the columns she writes, Khanna has always managed to see the funny side of life.
“Humour is nothing else but a part of candour... There is nothing that you can ever say which is funny unless it has a nugget of truth in it. All I do is unwrap a little bit of conditioning and present it slightly in an incongruent manner,” said Khanna, who is the wife of actor Akshay Kumar and a mother of two.
Asked why she doesn’t star with Kumar in films, Khanna quipped: “You’ve just asked me a question that I am doing better as a writer. So why would I do something that I wasn’t doing as well as? Logic.”
Currently, Khanna is busy with her film production Padman, which stars Kumar and Radhika Apte.
Directed by R. Balki, the film is inspired by entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham, and will chronicle his journey to find a way to make cheap, affordable sanitary napkins for women in his village.
Talking about the film, she said: “Padman is something which is a very important topic and I am just glad to be a part of a project that’s bringing awareness.”
