Farah Khan recalls the time when Shirish Kunder was mistaken as her son: 'I realised that I have to take care of myself'

Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder tied the knot in December 2004 and reportedly they were dating for four years before they took the plunge. While Farah is at her fittest at the moment and also has now begun to pay attention to her looks, it wasn't the case with her earlier. She's been a choreographer for many years and then she turned director. As she was always behind the camera, she never paid attention to her looks but has begun doing so now, post the age of 50. Farah spoke about it, recalling how her husband Shirish Kunder was once mistaken for her son.

Talking about how she never took care of herself earlier, Farah said during a chat with Soha Ali Khan, "I used to not even go for a blow-dry because I used to work non-stop, sometimes day shift and night shift together. But after I hit 50, I realised jab gaadi puraani ho jaati hai toh uska servicing zyada hota hai, toh usko garage mein bhejo (When the car gets old, it needs more servicing, so send it to the garage). So now I visit a skin doctor and regularly take hair vitamins, because you have to. My kids were very young when I turned 50, so I thought they shouldn’t feel like their grandmother had come to drop them at school. Kids also keep us young.”




She then recalled what happened on a family holiday, adding, "Once we had taken the kids on holiday, and I was literally overweight, and a lady came. Shirish was there, and she said, ‘Can I clean your room? Can you ask your son (Shirish) to leave?’ And Shirish just laughed. He went and told the kids, ‘They thought I was your brother.’ So I realised that after 50, I have to look after myself, and it took me seven years to lose weight.”

Farah hasn't directed a film since 'Tees Maar Khan', but she's now extremely popular with her Youtube channel. She revealed during a chat with Twinkle Khanna and Kajol that nothing was working on the film front, so she decided to join Youtube, also because she has to fund the university fees of all her three children. For those not in the know, Shirish and Farah are parents to triplets, who were born in 2008 through IVF.

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