Despite
hailing
from
an
illustrious
family,
Bollywood
actor
Soha
Ali
Khan
says
she
has
lived
most
of
her
life
in
the
shadows
of
the
arclights
than
basking
in
their
glory.
The
actor,
who
has
turned
author
with
her
debut
book,
"The
Perils
of
Being
Moderately
Famous",
says
being
a
recognisable
public
figure,
one's
experiences
can
be
both
equally
frustrating
and
amusing.
In
her
book,
Soha
talks
about
finding
herself
in
different
capacities
-
as
legendary
cricketer
Mansoor
Ali
Khan
Pataudi
and
veteran
Bollywood
star
Sharmila
Tagore's
daughter,
and
actors
Saif
Ali
Khan's
sister
and
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan's
sister-in-law.
In
an
interview
with
PTI,
Soha
says,
"I
belong
to
a
family
of
superstars.
My
parents
achieved
the
highest
level
of
success
in
their
respective
professions.
My
brother
is
a
very
successful
actor,
my
sister-in-law
is
a
superstar.
Even
Taimur
(her
nephew)
was
trending
on
Twitter
even
before
he
opened
his
eyes.
"There
are
all
sorts
of
famous
personalities.
For
most
part
of
my
life
I
was
completely
non-famous.
My
only
identity
was,
I
was
a
sibling
or
a
daughter
to
these
other
famous
people."
Soha,
however,
is
aware
that
being
moderately
famous
has
its
own
disadvantages.
"You're
recognised
but
a
lot
of
people
don't
know
your
name
but
they'll
know
your
sister-in-law's.
'Oh
we
are
big
fans
of
Kareena
Kapoor,'
they'd
say.
I
have
spoken
a
little
bit
about
what
that
feels
like,
whether
good
or
bad.
"I've
also
joked
with
people
who've
stopped
me
and
said
'Are
you
Saif
Ali
Khan's
sister?
Can
we
have
a
picture?'
and
I've
said
'only
if
you
can
tell
what
my
name
is'.
The
actor
says
she
does
not
regret
being
"moderately
famous".
"Absolutely
not...
One
shouldn't
get
upset
by
all
of
this.
This
is
a
huge
part
of
my
identity
which
I've
embraced
-
I've
got
a
lot
of
security,
comfort,
warmth
and
respect
out
of
being
who
I
am,
the
things
I
didn't
earn
but
my
parents
did," she
says.
Talking
about
constant
comparisons
with
her
mother
as
a
actor,
Soha
says
being
a
star
kid,
it
is
one
of
those
things
that
cannot
be
controlled.
"My
first
review,
I
remember,
people
said,
'She
looks
her
mother
but
acts
like
her
father'.
My
father
said,
'I
don't
know
what
that
means.
I
am
a
very
good
actor'.
He
had
done
a
lot
of
advertisements
in
the
past!"
The
"Rang
De
Basanti"
star
believes
it
is
difficult
to
break
free
from
the
family
image,
but
today
she
looks
back
at
her
career
in
a
good
light.
"People
expect
you
to
do
big-budget
films
or
the
kind
of
films
that
may
be
my
mother
did.
But
when
you
want
do
something
else,
may
be
it
can
be
difficult
to
break
away
and
do
your
own
thing.
"Now
it
has
been
12-13
years,
so
it's
easy
for
me
to
look
back
with
objectivity,
humour
find
talk
about
the
challenges."
Soha
says
she
hopes
the
book
-
which
took
her
eight
months
write
-
would
help
clear
people's
misconceptions
about
her.
Published
by
Penguin
India,
"The
Perils
of
Being
Moderately
Famous"
is
scheduled
to
hit
the
bookshelves
next
month.2