Father’s Day: Saif Ali Khan talks about Sara’s career, Ibrahim’s education, and Taimur’s yoga

On a lazy evening, we are at Saif Ali Khan’s office in Bandra. The moment you are seated in the waiting room, the first thing you notice are baby Taimur’s toys that are kept in one corner. The tot also has his own room here that has T-A-I-M-U-R written on the door, which is his play area. A staff member tells us that this is Taimur’s favourite place and he usually comes down in the evening to meet his dad. Once in Saif’s meeting room, we begin our conversation about films, but a major part of it is about being a doting father to his three kids (Sara, Ibrahim and Taimur). Over to him…

Do you discuss everything with your kids?

I have given my kids the freedom and space, which is why I trust them not to misuse it. They (Sara and Ibrahim) are young, but they tell me everything. I’m always in the know of what’s happening in their lives. I don’t know if I can call myself a friend, but we are really close as family and they know they can share anything with me.

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Taimur has started learning new words, reveals Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan’s adorable son Taimur Ali Khan is already a star on social media. The photographers never miss a single opportunity to capture his pictures. When we recently met Saif, he too, like Kareena, reiterated that they want to give their son as normal a life that any ordinary kid would have.

He said, “Taimur should be freely able to take his evening outing in the park. It becomes difficult in certain situations, but the photographers are really friendly. They are just doing their jobs and they don’t push him or his nanny, which is really kind. They aren’t aggressive so I’m happy.”

The 17-month-old toddler, too is slowly growing up. Saif adds, “He has learnt a few new words. He calls me ‘abba’ and has now started to say ‘baby’ and ‘gum’. Whenever he sees a chewing gum, he would just scream ‘gum’. He likes to watch the moon, so I sit with him in my office and show him the moon.” Aww!

Soha talks about Saif Ali Khan’s son – “Taimur is very curious, he keeps watching Inaaya.”

Cousins Taimur Ali Khan and Inaaya Naumi Kemmu are popular star kids. Both Taimur and Inaaya are often spotted on their playdates together either at Saif Ali Khan’s or sister Soha Ali Khan’s residences. In her recent chat with a magazine, Soha spoke about how Inaaya and Taimur bond together and enjoy each other’s company. She said, “Inaaya and Taimur enjoy each other’s company — he’s very curious and he keeps watching her. Sometimes the two will hold hands or touch each other’s faces. We take them to Amrita Arora’s home, which has a lush garden with swings and slides, or sometimes at Kareena’s (Kapoor Khan) home, where we’re playing with Taimur’s train sets. On other days, we take them to play football or swim.”

Sharmila Tagore talks about Saif Ali Khan’s son Taimur

At a recent event organised in the city, veteran actress Sharmila Tagore was at her candid best. Although the event was titled Motherhood and work-life balance, the ‘Chupke Chupke’, ‘Amar Prem’, ‘Mausam’ and ‘Aradhana’ actress spoke on a variety of subjects including the positive changes in Bollywood since when she was an active part of the industry, her marriage to Tiger Pataudi and her grandson Taimur.

PEOPLE SHOULD LAY OFF TAIMUR
The doting and protective grandmother in Sharmila Tagore came to the fore when one among the audience gushed about her grandson, one-and-a-half-year old Taimur Ali Khan and how everyone found him to be one of the cutest kids. Flashing her dimpled smile, Sharmila said, “He’s very sweet. He’s talking now but not in sentences, yet. He does say Abba and Amma sometimes, but not that clearly. It’s more of mumbling right now. Taimur is like any other child playing his usual things. He likes his car and his toys and he likes books.” But the veteran actress also made it clear, in the same breath, how she disapproved of the attention showered over the kid by people and on social media. “I don’t approve of this social media attention and what they (people) are doing to Taimur. People are really stalking him! They are in front of his school, the play school that he goes too, following him when he’s going with his parents and it’s not really a good thing. Because, at the moment he’s young but he’s still understanding cameras and stuff. So one can’t really not go out, to avoid this attention. There should be some kind of request to the people to lay off Taimur. Or maybe another baby will arrive someday and they will get bored of this one,” she said.

Photos of Saif Ali Khan and Taimur Ali Khan spotted in Mumbai