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On Mother’s Day, here’s why Soha Ali Khan believes mums laugh harder

ByKarishma Kuenzang
May 10, 2024 06:18 PM IST

Soha Ali Khan learnt how powerful laughter could be from her parents. Now, she's teaching her daughter the same tricks. See how the family gets its laughs

Where does humour come from, exactly? Actor Soha Ali Khan prefers wordplay. But her husband, actor Kunal Khemu, and their six-year-old daughter, Inaaya, love slapstick comedy: Slipping on banana peels, dad jokes, pulling faces, tickling for 20 minutes straight. “Their maturity level is the same,” says Khan. Dad and daughter will replace lyrics with words of their own and find it hilarious. “I just look at them, thinking it’s so sweet, but also thinking ‘Really? You’re still laughing? After 25 minutes?’”.

Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, and their six-year-old daughter, Inaaya, have different ideas of what’s funny. (PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, and their six-year-old daughter, Inaaya, have different ideas of what’s funny. (PHOTOS: INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Inaaya has started figuring out punchlines and verbal humour from her mum, Soha Ali Khan. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Inaaya has started figuring out punchlines and verbal humour from her mum, Soha Ali Khan. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Inaaya once made cookies that were only half edible. Dad Kunal tried them, mum Soha gave it a miss. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Inaaya once made cookies that were only half edible. Dad Kunal tried them, mum Soha gave it a miss. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Soha Ali Khan’s idea of what is funny comes from her late father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and brother, actor Saif Ali Khan. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Soha Ali Khan’s idea of what is funny comes from her late father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and brother, actor Saif Ali Khan. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Inaaya tells her parents when the jokes are embarrassing her.
Inaaya tells her parents when the jokes are embarrassing her.
Inaaya and her grandmother, actor Sharmila Tagore, write letters to each other. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Inaaya and her grandmother, actor Sharmila Tagore, write letters to each other. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Inaaya loves hugging her parents every morning. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
Inaaya loves hugging her parents every morning. (INSTAGRAM/@SAKPATAUDI)
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