Sharmila spoke during a Mother’s Day event at YFLO

I made a few mistakes: Sharmila

For the girls I was there: Sharmila

One could say that Saif Ali Khan was born with a silver spoon with his father, cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was a descendant of the royal family of Bhopal. His mother Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore was also the daughter of a General Manager of the British India Corporation. One would assume that he had a sorted childhood. However, as per a revelation by Sharmila, the situation isn’t really straightforward. “When I had Saif, I was very busy. I was working two shifts a day and for the first six years of his life, I was really absent. I did whatever I had to do. I went for the parent teachers meeting, attended his plays but I don’t think I was a full-time mom. My husband was there, but I wasn’t. Then when I became a mother, I became an overzealous mother. I wanted to feed him, bathe him and everything. That was the other side of the pendulum. I made a few mistakes, honestly,” she said during a Mother’s Day event at YFLO. 

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Sharmila also highlighted the role of Saif’s teachers in his upbringing. She also threw light on raising her daughter Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan. “One of his school teachers would live across the apartment in Mumbai. She and her husband really looked after Saif as well… For the girls I was there,” Soha added.