3 min learnNew DelhiUp to date: Aug 7, 2026 08:18 AM IST
Saif Ali Khan and his sisters, Soha Ali Khan and Saba Pataudi spent most of their childhood in a palace as they have been the youngsters of Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan, and actor Sharmila Tagore. However they have been all the time taught to be conscious about bills that might appear trivial to others rising up within the lap of luxurious. In a current dialog, Soha Ali Khan shared that her father would refuse to let her go to her pal’s houses as a result of the petrol was costly and would cost a lot. Saba, who was additionally part of this chat, recalled that Saif would generally steal cash from his sisters’ wallets and later give them the identical cash for Raksha Bandhan.
Saif, Soha by no means obtained royal therapy at residence
Soha and Saba appeared on Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi’s YouTube present as Soha stated that they by no means acquired any royal therapy throughout their childhood. “We by no means obtained royal therapy throughout our childhood. Abba would go away yellow Publish-it notes asking us to show the lights off as a result of he knew how a lot the electrical energy prices, how a lot the petrol prices. At the same time as children, after I would ask him to go to a pal’s home, he would say no, the petrol could be very costly,” she recalled. Neha was fairly shocked to listen to that the Nawab of Pataudi was so acutely aware of the value of petrol even again then, when it was actually less expensive than what it prices now.
Saif Ali Khan in Pataudi Palace. (Photograph: Specific Archives)
‘Saif would steal cash from my pockets’
Saba then recalled that she and her sister would get Rs 100 for pocket cash, and when requested how a lot Saif obtained, she shared that he was already finding out in England by then. Soha then jumped into the dialog and stated, “He would anyway steal it.” They shared that after they visited England, they might get 5 kilos, “which he [Saif] would borrow.”
Saba shared that Saif would generally steal cash from her pockets and later give her the identical cash as a present. “He has taken cash from my pockets and given it to me on Raksha Bandhan. I’d say that Rs 50 are lacking from my pockets; now I do know the place they went,” she recalled with a smile.
In an earlier chat with Hauterrfly, Soha had shared that her father was all the time a stay-at-home dad for her as he had retired from cricket by the point she was born. “Additionally, he was from a royal household, so he didn’t actually have a job or an earnings,’ she stated.
She additionally recalled that when her mom was capturing for Mississippi Masala within the US, Soha was requested to put in writing just one letter per week to her mom as sending put up to the US was costly again then. She shared, “I keep in mind Abba advised me, ‘One letter every week, I’m not sending one letter day by day to America. I could also be a prince, however it’s costly’.”
