Twinkle won’t make film on Rajesh Khanna, Akshay Kumar

The Asian Age.  | Uma Ramasubramanian

Entertainment, Bollywood

Twinkle vehemently refuses to entertain the idea of not just a film on her father, but also her husband Akshay Kumar.

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna

Twinkle Khanna is currently reaping the fruits of the success of Pad Man, her first venture as a writer and producer.

The story of the movie is based on the life of Arunachalam Muruganantham, who invented low-cost sanitary napkins for women in Indian villages. And while she’s worked on a story of a real-life person, Twinkle asserts she’s not keen on working on or writing a biopic about her father, the late Rajesh Khanna.

In fact, Twinkle vehemently refuses to entertain the idea of not just a film on her father, but also her husband Akshay Kumar.

“No,” she says. “I am interested in stories which have layers to it; those that have a larger ramification than just somebody’s life. I mean, it’s great for somebody to write a story about one person’s life, but for me, there have to be layers. The story has to have a message. And that’s what I believe in.”

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