Soha Ali Khan has always been surrounded by a legacy of excellence — her mother, Sharmila Tagore, is a celebrated actress, while her late father, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, known to the cricketing world as Tiger Pataudi, was one of India's most revered cricketers. He retired before Soha’s birth in 1978, and in a recent interview, Soha shared how excited he had been at the time of her birth, thinking the baby would be a boy.
In a recent conversation with News18 Showsha, Soha recalled a light-hearted moment from the day she was born. “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,” she recounted with a smile.
While Soha didn’t pursue cricket, she developed an interest in sports — particularly badminton. She admitted she never formally trained in cricket but has always had good reflexes.
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Physical fitness has long been a priority in the Pataudi household. Soha mentioned that staying fit is not about appearance but about self-reliance — something both she and her husband, Kunal Kemmu, want to instil in their daughter Inaaya from a young age. “Often, we want our girls to be good and our boys to be strong. But we want her to be physically strong, so that she doesn’t feel the need for someone else to protect her. Even to the point that if someone makes her feel unsafe, she should feel, ‘I have the strength to fight back.’ Even though we may be physically the weaker sex — and that’s why we become soft targets in so many ways — the idea is to be mentally strong as well,” Soha expressed.
She also shared how baffled her daughter would be to learn that societal preference for sons still exists.
Soha entered the film industry in 2004, following in her mother’s footsteps, and also authored a memoir titled The Perils of Being Moderately Famous.
In a recent conversation with News18 Showsha, Soha recalled a light-hearted moment from the day she was born. “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,” she recounted with a smile.
While Soha didn’t pursue cricket, she developed an interest in sports — particularly badminton. She admitted she never formally trained in cricket but has always had good reflexes.
Video
Physical fitness has long been a priority in the Pataudi household. Soha mentioned that staying fit is not about appearance but about self-reliance — something both she and her husband, Kunal Kemmu, want to instil in their daughter Inaaya from a young age. “Often, we want our girls to be good and our boys to be strong. But we want her to be physically strong, so that she doesn’t feel the need for someone else to protect her. Even to the point that if someone makes her feel unsafe, she should feel, ‘I have the strength to fight back.’ Even though we may be physically the weaker sex — and that’s why we become soft targets in so many ways — the idea is to be mentally strong as well,” Soha expressed.
She also shared how baffled her daughter would be to learn that societal preference for sons still exists.
Soha entered the film industry in 2004, following in her mother’s footsteps, and also authored a memoir titled The Perils of Being Moderately Famous.
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