Dimple Kapadia once advised her daughter, Twinkle Khan to live-in together for two years before marriage with Akshay Kumar. Reflecting on her past, Twinkle questioned how life would be different if her parents lived together. Read on to know more about it!

When Dimple Kapadia Asked Daughter Twinkle Khanna To Live-In With Akshay Kumar For 2 Years Before Marriage

Akshay Kumar and his wife Twinkle Khanna have been together for twenty-three years. Twinkle Khanna, the daughter of veteran actor Dimple Kapadia, once talked about her unconventional upbringing during a conversation on Tweak India. Raised primarily by her mother due to her parent’s separation, Twinkle revealed her mother advised her to live in with Akshay for two years before marriage

Dimple Kapadia asked Twinkle to live-in with Akshay before marriage

Despite the separation between her parents, Dimple Kapadia and the late actor Rajesh Khanna, the couple remained legally married. Twinkle spent her formative years under the care of her mother. In a candid revelation, Twinkle disclosed a significant piece of advice given by her mother when Akshay Kumar expressed his intention to marry her.

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Dimple suggested, ‘Nothing doing, you live in together for two years. If you make it, then you get married. I have been married. I’ve seen what it’s like.’

Reflecting on her upbringing, Twinkle often ponders how her life trajectory might have differed had her parents lived together. She concluded, ‘I feel that maybe be if my parents were together, would I really want to constantly keep working, doing something? I probably wouldn’t. I was raised largely by my mother. I would tell you that for the longest time, I didn’t know that patriarchy and the patriarchal system existed because I wasn’t in the system.”

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Twinke professional and personal front

For the unversed, Twinkle tied the knot of love and togetherness with actor Akshay Kumar in 2011. Transitioning from her stint as a Bollywood actor, Twinkle Khanna has successfully carved out a niche for herself as an author and entrepreneur on the work front. Despite her initial foray into films with appearances in Barsaat, Baadshah, and Mela, Twinkle found her true calling in writing and business