Actor-turned-author Twinkle Khanna may have made her public debut in Hindi cinema, but it’s through writing that she has built a more resonant and enduring voice . The author of several bestselling titles, Khanna has earned praise for her sharp wit and honest reflections on modern Indian life. Yet, her entry into films wasn’t guided by passion, but by expectation.

“Like many people here, I’m sure, whatever their parents did… if they had a mithai (sweets) shop, you became a mithaiwala . It was as simple as that. My parents were very keen, my mother (Dimple Kapadia) was very keen. I had applied for my CA entrance exam, because that’s what I wanted to do, strangely. And my mother told me, ‘This is the only time that you can become an actress, and later you can do what you like,’” Twi

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