Sara Ali Khan has always spoken fondly of her deep connection with her mother, former actress Amrita Singh. During a recent interaction, she admitted to a moment from her teenage years when she wasn’t entirely truthful with her mother. She travelled on a local train in Mumbai but didn’t inform her, fearing it would make her anxious. However, Amrita later found out through a journalist.Sara Ali Khan lied to her mother Amrita Singh
In a conversation with RJ Sukriti, Sara recalled the moment she lied to her mother. “I lied to my mum about it though. This was years ago. She didn’t know that I was on a local train, so I pretended I was at a neighbour’s house. A journalist actually called her and said, ‘I’m so proud of the way you’ve brought up your daughter. I have a photo of her on a local train—can I print it?’”Sara Ali Khan’s mother was anxious when she found out the truthSara added that her mother was upset due to a recent local train accident in the city. “She was really upset because I was young and there had just been an accident on the local train. She told me to be careful and, more than anything else, not to lie about my location,” she said.In a previous interview with Hindustan Times, Sara also opened up about how social media negativity affects her family—especially her mother. She admitted that although she has developed a thick skin, seeing her mum hurt by online trolling still affects her.Sara Ali Khan’s work frontOn the work front, Sara was last seen in Metro… In Dino, which released on July 4. Directed by Anurag Basu, the film also stars Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Konkona Sen Sharma, Pankaj Tripathi, Aditya Roy Kapur, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Saswata Chatterjee, Darshana Bainik, Kush Jotwani and Rohan Gurbaxani.