New Delhi: Former actor and writer Twinkle Khanna recently opened up about starving herself during the shoot of the blockbuster movie 'Baadshah'. In a recent interview, Twinkle shared that the actor starved herself during the shoot of 'Mohabbat Ho Gayee'. Speaking with News 18, Twinkle shared that she felt like a gas canister as she had only been eating chickpeas.
"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 told News 18.
“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.”
About the film's reception, Twinkle added ,"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.”
'Badshaah' starred Shah Rukh Khan, Twinkle, Rakhee Gulzar, Johnny Lever and Amrish Puri in key roles.
Twinkle bade her acting career goodbye a long ago and chose writing as a profession.
She recently launched her latest book 'Welcome to Paradise' about which she also posted on her Instagram handle.
“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.” She wrote while announcing her book on social media.