Saif Ali Khan’s professional path, much like his personal life, just swings between the high and the low.
He started shooting for Bekhudi back in 1991. That was supposed to be his launch in Bollywood. His debut, Parampara , came out in ’93. But things shifted quickly. He got replaced after the first schedule wrapped.
And before that, he had already met Amrita Singh. They married that same year.
Now, speaking to News18, Saif talks about that first marriage. He was actually advised to keep it quiet.
“I remember,” he said. “There was this senior actor, from a different generation. He told me not to tell anyone I was married.”
He paused there. A real hesitation in the voice.
“I don’t know why he said that. I think he was just trying to protect my image. My fan following. It felt like the worst, most bizarre advice anyone had ever given me.”
Despite being part of a film family, his journey wasn't smooth. It wasn't a cakewalk.
There were real struggles. A filmmaker actually cautioned him. He warned him against playing cops. Said it would make them look comical.
But Saif’s biggest fear wasn’t the script. It was being ridiculed.
“When I started working,” he recalled, “my main goal wasn’t to be laughed at. My director once told me something, something like, ‘joote maarenge log.’ He said if the film played at Chandan, people would laugh at me, hate me, and I’d lose my job.”
That fear, that need to avoid ridicule—it started right there.
He admits there was a certain humility there, always. He worked hard. He made vows about his work ethic, trying to keep things pure, maintaining a certain religious approach. That was the idea, he said.
After a lot of pushing, after years of reprimanding, it was only over time that he really started taking his job seriously. Humility from the very beginning, that helped him keep his art sacred.
“In fact,” he mused, “after that, I felt a greater sense of responsibility. I stopped taking things for granted. I don’t think my art or my duty as an actor have ever been corrupt.”
But what advice stuck with him most across these thirty-five years?
He talked about dealing with other people’s choices. “I once asked someone what to do if I disliked someone’s work or choices. How to tell them I would have done it differently.”
The advice he got was subtle. “He’s a contemporary. He told me not to put it across directly. It wouldn’t be nice.”
He suggested something softer. “He suggested I should just say it was unlucky for them to do it.”
Saif recalls that. “If I didn’t like blue on a person, I should tell them blue is an unlucky color for them. That way, they’ll listen. Because in our profession, luck is everything.” He chuckled a little.
He was the actor in Kartavya and Sacred Games . He’ll be in Priyadarshan’s Haiwaan and Rahul Dholakia’s Hum Hindustani .
And that’s the kind of thing he ends up saying. It’s less about the plot, more about the feeling.
Meanwhile, there are other things happening. Check out the latest on the Kerala CM oath taking. Also, updates on the PM Modi’s recent international tours. And the ongoing situation with the Iran-US ceasefire. Things keep moving.
Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board
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