Saif Ali Khan’s sister Soha’s inheritance got her a ‘generator room’ in his Rs 1200 crore ancestral Pataudi Palace: ‘That is mine’

Revealing how there was no gender bias in their family, she added, “Never was there an expectation that the son will drink milk first and daughters will serve them food before eating themselves. I was never told not to play outside because you will become dark or that girls should behave like this, wear clothes like this. None of that.”

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The actor shared that her family has been progressive, despite coming from a conservative cultural background. “Even though my father was from an aristocratic Muslim background, he was a forward thinker and very progressive. I think all of that helped me to just have that confidence, to believe that anything I wanted to do, was possible. That I should just work hard at it. There were no systemic barriers. There was nothing preventing me from thinking,” she said.

Soha Ali Khan continued, “I was aware of the law of primogeniture, I am aware of Muslim law. I am aware now that there’s a lot of things whereby you can circumvent that as well. You can leave a will and say that this is what I want to go to my children in equal.”

Speaking about being responsible for the generator room in the palace, she shared, “I have what was the generator room. But luckily, for a short period for time, there was a hotel that was managing the Pataudi palace. My parents moved into the generator room, converted it into what, I think, is actually a very nice property and now that’s mine.”