There is no other couple like Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna in Bollywood. Akshay’s fun personality coupled with Twinkle’s witty and clever humor makes all their moments fun and endearing. The two have been married since 2001 and have two children together, a son named Aarav and a daughter named Nitara. In her recent column in the Times of India, the actress and author wrote that Akshay and his second wife would be “haunted” if Twinkle goes first.
Twinkle wrote, “That evening, as we were returning to the camp, the guide showed us a pair of birds called Tik-Tik who are so devoted to each other that when one dies, the other sometimes kills itself by eating poisonous grass. I said to my husband (Akshay), ‘Acha (listen), if I die first, you better eat poisonous grass too. If I see your second wife walking around with my handbags, I promise I will come and chase you both.'”
Mrs. Funnybones continued, “He shook his head and replied, ‘I want to eat this poisonous grass right now, so I don’t have to listen to all this nonsense.’ Then he swatted at a mosquito on my arm, the human equivalent of baboons delousing each other. We continued the complex choreography of cooperation, affection and mutual tolerance as our jeep sped toward the setting sun.”
The daughter of legendary actors Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, Twinkle also dabbled in acting in her early years but gave it up to pursue a career as a writer. She honed her writing skills with a Masters in Fiction from Goldsmiths, University of London. Twinkle published her first non-fiction book titled Mrs Funnybones in 2015. In 2018, Twinkle Khanna became India’s best-selling author with her book Pyjamas Are Forgiving. Her latest book Welcome to Paradise was released in 2023.
Last updated: August 11, 2024, 3:24 PM IST
