Koffee With Karan S8 Ep 10; 5 Highlights From The Show Ft Sharmila Tagore & Saif Ali Khan –
Bollywood royalty, Sharmila Tagore & Saif Ali Khan – the mother-son duo – graced the iconic coffee couch on Koffee With Karan S8 Ep 10.
Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore and her ‘prince’ – the Nawab – Saif Ali Khan added the royal charm to the couch as they dished out laughter, candid conversations, some anecdotes and heartwarming moments on KWK S8.
From talking about Saif’s separation with his ex-wife Amrita Singh to his live-in relationship with his now-wife Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sharmila Ji skipping Shabana Azmi’s role in Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani… The latest episode was a delight to watch.
The episode streamed exclusively on Disney+ Hotstar on Thursday (December 28) at 12 am! Let’s take a look at top 5 highlights from the episode –
1) Saif & Sharmila Tagore Talks About His Marriage & Divorce With Amrita Singh
In the latest episode of KWK S8, the mother-son duo, Sharmila Tagore and Saif Ali Khan spoke their hearts out about the latter’s split with Amrita Singh. Saif revealed he had informed his mother about his marriage to Amrita a day after it happened. He said –
“She (Sharmila Tagore) was supportive when I did it, and I remember it. She had said, ‘I believe you are living with someone and you are doing something’. So I said ‘yes’ and she said that don’t get married. And I said that I got married yesterday. And a big tear fell off of her eye. She started crying and she said ‘you really hurt me, why didn’t you tell me’. So that’s actually what happened there.”
He further shared that he spoke to his mother first after he decided to part ways with Amrita. He said, “About the separation, the first person I spoke to before the separation was my mother, who took a deep breath and there was another pause on the phone and said, ‘I am with you if that is what you want’ and that helped a lot.”
Calling the separation time not so ‘harmonious’, Sharmila Ji added –
“When you are together for such a long time and you have such lovely children, then no break up is easy. Then it is not a harmonious… I know it is difficult to have harmony at that stage, everybody is hurt… so that stage was not nice, but I tried. But that’s water under the bridge, she needed time to cool down.”
For the unversed, Saif Ali Khan & Amrita Singh got married in 1991 and divorced nearly 13 years later in 2004.
2) Sharmila Ji Reveals Why She Opted Out Of RRKPK
Did you know Sharmila Tagore was the first choice for Shabana Azmi’s role in Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani. During the conversation, Karan Johar revealed Sharmila Ji couldn’t do the role because of her health. Talking about it, the filmmaker said –
“I was so sad to not have you. I had offered Sharmila ji the part played by Shabana ji. She was my very first choice. Because of health reasons at that time, she couldn’t say yes but it is a regret I have.”
Citing health reasons and the absence of Covid vaccines at that time, the veteran actress further added –
“This is at the height of Covid. They hadn’t really grappled with Covid at that time. They didn’t know the vaccine… We were not vaccinated. You know, after my cancer. So, they didn’t want me to take that risk.”
3) Saif On Being Replaced In ‘Bekhudi’
Saif shared he was supposed to debut opposite Kajol in Bekhudi initially but got replaced later. He said –
“Well, actually Rahul Rawail had signed Kamal Sadanah first and then replaced him with me, thinking perhaps this kind of casting is a little… And then, you know, I don’t want to blame him, but he did chuck me out of the movie. He said, ‘You’re quite good. People will think it’s because you’re not good, but it’s because I want you to be more committed and more professional.’ I thought I was, but he didn’t think so.”
4) Sharmila Ji Opens Up On The Reaction To Her ’60s Bikini Shoot
The iconic actress opened up on the unexpected reactions to her famous bikini shoot in the ’60s. She revealed it was the reaction that she anticipated. She said –
“During the shoot, the photographer was slightly worried. I just thought I looked very nice. What really hurt me later was that everybody interpreted it in such a way, that I was upwardly mobile, trying to catch eyeballs. I didn’t feel like that. I just thought I’d make a very nice….”
“But when it came out in the magazine, I was in London, so I was unaware until Shaktiji (Shakti Samanta) called me and said, ‘Will you come back quickly? There are terrible things happening here.’ He gave me a dressing down, saying, ‘If you want to be in the public eye, this is not the way to go.’ I used to live alone, and I was very upset with all this, completely opposite of what I thought would happen. So I sent a telegram to Tiger, and he said, ‘I’m sure you are looking very nice,’” she added.
5) Sharmila Tagore On Kareena Kapoor Khan
In the episode, Sharmila Tagore shared some heartwarming details about her daughter-in-law Kareena Kapoor Khan. “I had known Kareena earlier, meaning I had met her earlier and she has been very very nice. She is lovely and she is what she is. She was with us when Tiger was ill and when he passed away,” she said.
The actress further revealed that she admires Bebo’s simplicity and straight forwardness. Recalling an incident, she said –
“I had friends over, lots of people from Delhi. These two came and were sitting there. I casually said, ‘What’s happening.’ She (Kareena) said, ‘When Saif woke up in the morning, he told me this,’ giving the impression that they are living together. This is Delhi, and these are my friends of my age.”