Saif
Ali
Khan,
known
for
his
naawabiness,
is
today
eager
to
share
a
farmer's
meal
in
Bhopal,
like
he
used
to
in
his
school
days.
Saif
is
shooting
a
film
very
close
to
his
paternal
grandmother
Sajida
Sultan's
ancestral
property.
Sajida
was
the
Begum
of
Bhopal
and
was
married
to
Saif's
paternal
grandfather
Nawab
Iftekhar
Ali
Khan,
the
ruling
nawab
of
Pataudi.
Saif
Ali
Kha
is
currently
shooting
in
Bhopal
for
Prakash
Jha's
Aarakshan.
He
gets
nostalgic,
"Though
I
haven't
been
to
Bhopal
in
the
last
15
years,
I
still
have
wonderful
memories
of
the
place.
We
lived
in
a
joint
family
of
20
people
consisting
of
my
uncles
and
their
children.
When
I
was
a
child,
I
had
studied
in
the
Bal
Bhavan
School
in
Bhopal
for
four
years.
“During
my
trips
to
school,
I
would
often
visit
the
fields
and
eat
the
farmers'
lunch,
fried
bhindi,
daal
and
rice,
far
tastier
fare
than
the
food
at
home.
My
maid
would
yell
at
me
and
threaten
to
tell
my
grandmother."
A
quiet
existence
Saif
adds,
"Maybe
that's
why
today
I
enjoy
both
the
simple,
rustic
life
and
the
life
at
Staadt.
I
like
simple
food
and
would
love
to
eat
a
farmer's
lunch
even
today.
I
would
like
my
children
to
love
that
as
well.
I
feel
living
both
the
different
kinds
of
lifestyles
are
equally
important
to
me.
“Though
it
was
a
basic
little
school,
it
was
the
first
and
last
time
that
I
came
first
in
class.
I
was
a
good
student.
It
was
a
quiet
existence.
I
can
see
the
compound
of
the
old
palace
across
my
hotel
where
I
used
to
walk
with
my
dad."
Remembering
Grandma
Saif
remembers
his
grandmother
as
a
very
strong
lady
who
could
crack
a
walnut
in
the
crook
of
her
elbow.
"She
would
eat
betel
nuts,
drive
a
Jaguar
very
fast
and
shoot
Nitro
Express
rifles
and
go
for
big
game
hunting.
Daadi
had
steely
grey
eyes,
brought
up
all
the
children
on
her
and
survived
the
communal
riots.
“I
remember
her
as
a
very
pious
lady
whose
head
would
be
always
covered
and
she
would
be
attired
in
white.
She
would
always
carry
some
money
with
her
to
give
to
beggars.
She
couldn't
cool
as
she
had
never
seen
a
kitchen
in
her
life
but
she
was
the
matriarch
of
the
family."