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Sara Ali Khan says she made her ‘pitaji’ Saif Ali Khan cry with Atrangi Re, grandma Sharmila Tagore inundated with messages

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Actor Sara Ali Khan mentioned that her father, Saif Ali Khan, cried after watching her newest movie, Atrangi Re. She additionally revealed that her grandmother, Sharmila Tagore, has been receiving phrases of reward for her efficiency, and forwarding these messages on to her. Sara mentioned that she has by no means skilled a response as optimistic as this.
In an interview to Bollywood Hungama, Sara spoke about her household’s response to the movie. She mentioned that after a few releases that underwhelmed her followers, she is glad to have delivered a efficiency that’s being properly acquired.
Sara mentioned that whereas individuals have individuals saying ‘kind things’ concerning the movie to her and Aanand L Rai, “what’s even more touching is that people have been messaging my father and my grandmother.” She added, “I don’t think she has ever received messages about my performance. And now that she is, and she’s forwarding me, it’s a great compliment. She watched it herself, my badi amma, and she loved it. My father cried. These are all big things. These are not things that happen every time. It’s probably the first time I made my pitaji cry with my performance.”
She continued, “I definitely think I’m making him proud. When my father watched the film, and he spoke to me, he said that for the first time, he didn’t see Sara. He saw Rinku. That’s a big, big compliment, because I know that I have a very strong personality. Regardless of whether it’s in interviews, or on Instagram or on the big screen. It gets difficult to divorce Sara from the character she is playing.”

Sara made her appearing debut with 2018’s Kedarnath, directed by Abhishek Kapoor and co-starring the late Sushant Singh Rajput. She adopted it up with the field workplace hit Simmba, and a few critically reviled releases–Love Aaj Kal and Coolie No 1.
Atrangi Re, directed by Aanand L Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma, launched immediately on the Disney+ Hotstar streaming service, and has acquired divisive evaluations. While some have appreciated the unconventional narrative, others have criticised the movie’s remedy of psychological sickness. Sara was joined within the movie by Dhanush and Akshay Kumar.