Twinkle Khanna says she realised that she had failed \u201cspectacularly as an actor\u201d after spending eight years in Bollywood. The actor said she wanted to be a chartered accountant but since her parents – Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia – were from the entertainment world, they wanted her to join the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you don\u2019t take success very seriously it\u2019s easier to shrug off failure. When I finished my 12th grade, I wanted to become a chartered accountant. But since my parents were in the entertainment business, they were keen I follow their footsteps and I did,\u201d she told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cEight years later, I came to the conclusion that I had spectacularly failed as an actress. Though this was a bit disheartening, I wasn\u2019t shattered, partly because of the way my mother had raised me, and also because I realised that having failed at something didn\u2019t mean that I was a failure,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
She was speaking at a panel discussion along with cricketer Sourav Ganguly, badminton coach P Gopichand among others at Surf Excel\u2019s latest campaign \u2018Haar Ko Harao\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt (the failure) meant that I now had the opportunity to try and succeed at million other things. I moved on and here I am today. Life is like flying a kite. Sometimes you have to hold on tight, sometimes loose. Sometimes your kite can fly effortlessly and at other times no matter what you do, you cannot control it.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut even when you\u2019re struggling to keep your kite afloat, and the string is cutting into your hand, don\u2019t let go. The wind may change once again in your favour, just don\u2019t let go,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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