PRINCE CHARMING

IBRAHIM ALI KHAN IS AS CANDID AS HIS MOM AMRITA SINGH AND AS WINSOME AS HIS DAD, SAIF ALI KHAN

- ANURADHA CHOUDHARY

HE'S A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK, ALRIGHT. AT FIRST GLANCE, YOU'RE DISCONCERTED BY HIS UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO HIS FATHER, SAIF ALI KHAN.

It’s the same eyes, same hair, same chiseled jawline.... Same heartbreaking good looks. But spend ten minutes with him and you know he’s his own person. His sense of humour is disarming to begin with. He’s refreshingly candid.

No question is out of bounds.. except for Palak Tiwari maybe. He insists she's a good friend and leaves it at that... we too let it be... this being his first interview. He confesses to being nervous... We assure him we just want a heart to heart chat. And he’s game. For a privileged kid, he’s fairly objective about his reality, fairly down to earth and extremely honest about his abilities.

HIS DEBUT FILM NADAANIYAAN OPENED TO MIXED REVIEWS. OKAY, HE WAS TROLLED FOR MOST PART. BEST THING IS HE'S NOT IN DENIAL.

He acknowledges the criticism and tries to make sense of it. He accepts that he was raw in his first film and has miles to go. He won't shy away from talking about nepotism either or about his privileges... on being Saif Ali Khan's son. He isn't a fan of social media, right now. He has reasons. But he's vowed that he will turn the tables one day, work hard and come up smelling roses. He has his goals pretty clear.

TELL HIM THAT HE NEEDN'T BE DISHEARTENED BY ALL THE TROLLING AND HE GRINS. TELL HIM THAT HE'S BETTER THAN HIS DAD WAS IN HIS DEBUT FILM AASHIQ AWARA AND THE GRIN WIDENS.

In that moment he's so endearing like a kid who's got his favourite candy. Yes, Ibrahim Ali Khan is extremely lovable off screen and equally likeable on it. Trolls be damned.