Twinkle Khanna Recalls Relative's Colourist Remark On Daughter Nitara: 'Want To Be Same Colour As Bhaiya'

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, married for over two decades, have two kids: Aarav and Nitara. In her recent column for The Times of India, Twinkle discussed how reading benefits kids. She shared an incident where a book helped Nitara regain confidence after a relative’s comment about her skin tone compared to Aarav’s almost stopped her from swimming.

Twinkle shared how books help us navigate life, recalling a moment when her daughter Nitara wanted to stop swimming due to a tan. Someone’s hurtful comment about her skin colour compared to her brother’s affected her confidence. She remembered, “There was a time when my little one (Nitara) wanted to discontinue her swimming lessons. A tan had become her nemesis. ‘I want to be the same colour as bhaiya (brother).’ A chance remark by a foolish relative within her earshot had not gone unnoticed. ‘She is so cute but not as fair as her brother!’”

Twinkle gave Nitara a book about Frida Kahlo, whose skin tone resembled Nitara’s. Now, Nitara thinks she needs less sunblock than her brother because “white gets dirty quickly, but brown doesn’t.” Twinkle added, “I gave her (Nitara) Frida Kahlo’s illustrated biography. Gleaming skin of a shade not unlike hers, with eyebrows that met in the centre, a formidably talented woman as a role model. These days, she claims she doesn’t need to use as much sunblock as her brother. ‘White is a light colour, so it gets dirty fast like my T-shirt; brown is darker, so it doesn’t.’”

Akshay Kumar recently talked about his family life, praising his wife Twinkle Khanna and sharing stories about their time in London. He mentioned the difference between his hardworking nature and Twinkle’s intelligence, crediting her for their daughter’s smarts. On Jio Cinema’s Dhawan Karenge, Akshay told cricketer Shikhar Dhawan during a conversation, “My daughter gets her intelligence from my wife, Twinkle. Main to anpadh aadmi hu, zyada padha nahi hu. Main gadha mazdoori karta hu, wo dimaag wali hai.”

About Twinkle, he further said that he’s lucky to have married Rajesh Khanna’s daughter, but even luckier that she’s a wonderful wife and mother.