Former actor Twinkle Khanna lately talked about how she starved herself whereas filming the tune Mohabbat Ho Gayee. The tune was from Shah Rukh Khan‘s Badshah. Talking to Shrayana Bhattacharya, Twinkle mentioned she felt like a fuel canister as she had solely been consuming chickpeas. Also learn: Twinkle Khanna reveals she had ‘existential crisis’ on the thought of turning 50

Twinkle Khanna on weight-reduction plan

Twinkle mentioned, as quoted by News18, “I know you see all these actresses saying that they don’t diet and they eat everything; it’s not true, most of them are starving. I was starving, if you want your stomach to be flat in all those catsuits that we used to wear—I don’t know why we wore them. This was my own brainwave that I’m going to live on channa. For some reason, being Gujarati, I felt that was also cheap, and you know, I could get it easily wherever I went. So, this was my diet.”

Twinkle Khanna on Shah Rukh Khan lifting her in tune

“In this song he had to lift me up, and I was so scared that I would explode like the gas canisters in the Parliament, but I didn’t. So if you see my teeth clenching there, other things are also clenching and just holding on, but yes, I survived that bit as well.” Twinkle additionally reacted to the reception she received for her efficiency within the movie and mentioned, “I did have a review from that movie which only centered around my navel, that was it. And at that time, nobody protested; this was perfectly fine. We didn’t think it was misogynistic. In fact, I think I thanked the writer.”

Badshah is helmed by Mustan Burmawalla and Abbas Burmawalla. The hit film starred Shah Rukh Khan alongside Twinkle, Rakhee Gulzar, Johnny Lever and Amrish Puri in key roles.

Twinkle’s new book

Twinkle turned into an author after bidding her acting career goodbye. She recently launched her latest book, Welcome to Paradise. She shared about the book on Instagram, “Welcome to Paradise, my 4th book, is a collection of stories that explore the depths of heartbreak, relationships, and deception. Some of these characters have lived inside my head for the last five years, and now they are ready to meet all of you.”

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