Sara And Ibrahim Ali Khan - A Class Apart

Hello! Presents the Simmba actor Sara Ali Khan and her brother, the dashing Ibrahim Ali Khan as the duo participate in their first-ever magazine shoot together. The festivities just got bigger!

- Sanghita Singh

When I first met Sara Ali Khan she was all five. I was interviewing her father, actor Saif Ali Khan, in his grandmother, Begum Sajida Sultan’s sprawling Lutyen’s bungalow in Delhi. Saif disappeared into one of the rooms once we were done and in came Sara prancing around and striking a conversation with easy familiarity. She urged me to play with her and once I engaged with her a bit, she didn’t want me to leave. While I was having my little tête-à-tête, wondering how to get out of the situation, not wanting to disappoint the child who instantly had my heart, her aunt, Saba, came and explained to her niece that I would be back soon if she let me go. She agreed, albeit a little reluctantly. When I narrate the story to Sara, she says in her exuberant voice, “I can so believe that. It doesn’t take me too long to get attached to people.” The little, adorable podgy kid has now grown up to be a svelte young woman, brimming with talent, positivity and dare I say, stardom, a word she’s quick to renounce. “To be honest with you, I don’t believe in the word ‘star’. And I don’t just say that for humility. With the advent of social media and with the easy access that we have to all celebrities and actors today, I don’t think there is anything mystical or starry really left. I don’t necessarily aspire for stardom,” she says assertively.