When Farah Khan walks into a room, you can count on two things: zero filters and endless laughs. Add Ananya Panday to the same room, and what we get is an episode that’s funny, fabulous and unapologetically filmy. The upcoming episode of Prime Video’s Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle promises a laugh riot filled with old-school Bollywood tales and Gen-Z stories, cheeky confessions and a few kick-worthy moments, quite literally. From Farah recalling kicking a director out of her room to Ananya expressing her desire to star in Tees Maar Khan 2, this episode is a Bollywood buffet served with wit, warmth and a side of nostalgia.
Farah gets candid about her brief acting phase, “Actually, I don’t know why I did it. I think I was sitting faaltu (useless) and then Boman called me, and Sanjay Bhansali came to my house and said, ‘I will be on set every day.’ And Boman, it was good to work with him. I became one (actress), and I decided, this is never for me. I hated it. You just have to sit and wait. Talking about the ‘affairs on set’ phenomenon, Farah added, “I told Boman, ‘Now I know why people must be having affairs on set, because it’s just out of boredom.’
She adds that direction feeds her need for control and fondly recalls Tees Maar Khan, “It made 65 crores, 15 years ago. It’s a Gen Z cult film. In fact, when you ask which movie I should make a part 2 to, they write Tees Maar Khan.” Twinkle chimes in, “An early bird that eats the worm did tell me that there are some talks about Tees Maar Khan Part 2.” Ananya excitedly quips, “Can I be in it?” To which Farah responds, “Ya, you can be in it. You can be Katrina’s younger sister.”
Farah Khan recalls a hilarious behind-the-scenes moment about kicking a director out of her room, “You know how hot I was, Twinkle. You know the director who tried to hit on me when we were shooting. He has come into my room to discuss the song or something while I was in bed and has sat next to me. I had to kick him from there.” Twinkle, unable to contain her laughter, adds, “He was after her no matter what. She has. She’s physically kicked him. This happened, I was a witness.”
Looking back at her biggest career highs, Ananya shares, “I think for me, it would be between Call Me Bae and Kho Gaye Hum Kahan. Because Call Me Bae was the first thing I was headlining, like being the titular and central character. And also, I was getting to do comedy for the first time, because usually girls are just laughing or they’re not really doing the meaty comedy stuff, and then in Bae, I got to do that. And Kho Gaye Hum Kahan because it really connected with people, like a lot of Gen Z people.”
Farah talks about her passion for work and reveals how her YouTube journey began, “Even when my movie was not happening, when I wasn’t directing, I said chal (come on), let me do YouTube, because I can see the skew. Also, I have 3 kids who go to university next year, and that’s bloody expensive. So I just said for a lark, let me start a show on YouTube, and that just clicked. Your life can’t revolve around another person. I feel the happiness has to come from within and from your work. Work actually gives me a lot of pleasure. Also, I feel that for me, I can work till I’m 80 because my work doesn’t depend on either my looks or clearly not my body, ever.”
Conceptualised and produced by Banijay Asia, this one-of-a-kind talk show is presented by Oppo and co-presented by Kohler, Kalyan Jewellers and Fevi Kwik. The seventh episode of Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle will stream exclusively on Prime Video on November 6 in over 240 countries and territories worldwide, with new episodes dropping every Thursday.
