Indian royal, Bollywood star – Sara Ali Khan’s family tree includes Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, cricket legend Tiger Pataudi and her celebrity parents Amrita Singh and Saif Ali Khan
As she turns 25, we take a look at Kedarnath, Atrangi Re and Simmba star Sara Ali Khan’s extraordinary life, family and her connections to the worlds of arts, politics, sports and, of course, cinema
When Sara Ali Khan was born on August 12, 1995, she was already making headlines; progeny of actress Amrita Singh and actor Saif Ali Khan, her arrival made headlines all across the nation.
There isn’t a time in her life when the young girl wasn’t somewhat already known by lineage and illustrious heritage – long before her first appearance on film.
Sara Ali Khan inherited a title by virtue of birth, as the eldest daughter of the Nabob of Pataudi, Saif Ali Khan. Castles, acres of land, historical treasures are all included, one can safely assume. Her father inherited the feudal title from his father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (perhaps better known as cricket legend Tiger Pataudi for a certain generation).
Meanwhile, her paternal grandmother, legendary actress Sharmila Tagore’s lineage traces back to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who in 1913 became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Sara’s mother Amrita Singh was a beloved actress in the 1980s, the great-niece of the late novelist Khushwant Singh. Sara’s maternal grandmother was politico and socialite Rukhsana Sultana. Arts, politics culture, cricket, cinema, ... Sara Ali Khan’s gene pool swirls in so many rich directions preoccupying Indians, fame became her, long before she became a leading lady.