Saif reveals his daughter Sara is his weakness
Mumbai:
Actor Saif Ali Khan says he hasno objection if his daughter Sara joins the film industryprovided she completes her education.
Saif married actress Amrita Singh in 1991 and theyhave two children - daughter Sara and a son. After thirteenyears of marriage the couple divorced in 2004.
Sara was noticed when she posed on the cover of amagazine alongside mother Amrita and also when she made herramp debut for designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.There were reports that the teenager has been flooded withfilm offers since then.
"She is in America in college in Colombia University.She will have a degree and then she is free to choose whatevershe wants to do. She can live and work anywhere in the world,she can come back here and join films, or become lawyer. Itis upto her," Saif told PTI.
The actor-producer father will support his daughter ifshe wants to become an actress but she might need to lose someweight, he feels.
"If she chooses to be here (in film industry) then shewill have to lose weight.
"I think it is better to concentrate on education andhave some backing. What if you are not successful as an actor?Then you will be stuck with no job also. Though you get lot ofThings as an actor, there is a lot of pressure. It is not a normal life as you don't have time for the little things in life.I am fine with it but I think collegedegree is important," he added.
His daughter is his weakness, he concedes. "She is myfriend and my weakness too," he says.
He also keeps giving his children fatherly advice."One should put priorities in the right place. My mainthing is that they should go to college and then figure out what theynext.
The other thing is to marry the right person or not to getmarried.These are things that can affect your life, if you getthese things right then rest is fine," he added.
Saif married actress Amrita Singh in 1991 and theyhave two children - daughter Sara and a son. After thirteenyears of marriage the couple divorced in 2004.
Sara was noticed when she posed on the cover of amagazine alongside mother Amrita and also when she made herramp debut for designers Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.There were reports that the teenager has been flooded withfilm offers since then.
"She is in America in college in Colombia University.She will have a degree and then she is free to choose whatevershe wants to do. She can live and work anywhere in the world,she can come back here and join films, or become lawyer. Itis upto her," Saif told PTI.
The actor-producer father will support his daughter ifshe wants to become an actress but she might need to lose someweight, he feels.
"If she chooses to be here (in film industry) then shewill have to lose weight.
"I think it is better to concentrate on education andhave some backing. What if you are not successful as an actor?Then you will be stuck with no job also. Though you get lot ofThings as an actor, there is a lot of pressure. It is not a normal life as you don't have time for the little things in life.I am fine with it but I think collegedegree is important," he added.
His daughter is his weakness, he concedes. "She is myfriend and my weakness too," he says.
He also keeps giving his children fatherly advice."One should put priorities in the right place. My mainthing is that they should go to college and then figure out what theynext.
The other thing is to marry the right person or not to getmarried.These are things that can affect your life, if you getthese things right then rest is fine," he added.
