Twinkle Khanna, also known by her pen name Tina Khanna, recently shared a video of herself and her daughter Nitara enjoying a ride on an auto rickshaw in Bombay. In the caption for the post, Twinkle Khanna reminisced about being called “Rickshaw Rani” by her friends as a teenager and shared a funny story from a past auto ride.
“Now you know why my first book [Mrs Funnybones] had a rickshaw on the cover),” Twinkle Khanna wrote. “As a teenager, my friends used to call me ‘Rickshaw Rani’ and I guess old habits die hard.”
She then described an incident from a past auto ride, saying, “I recall one ride where I began the journey by asking, Bhaisaab, how many years have you been driving this auto? The diminutive driver replied, ‘Memsaab one year now, before I do embroidery work. I didn’t like it… but good money. Saved and bought seven gold biscuits, all gone in my daughter’s marriage now. But, I still have one gold biscuit left at home so God is kind.'”
Twinkle Khanna went on to share that, upon getting off the auto, she gave the driver some “kind” advice. “Don’t tell anyone about the gold biscuit bhaisaab! One never knows what kind of people are out there. Someone may murder you,” she said. The driver reportedly responded by pulling out a knife and saying, “See this!” Twinkle Khanna added, “Which was all well and good, Bollywood influences and all I thought, till he pulled out a butcher’s knife from under his seat and said, ‘See this!’”
Twinkle Khanna and Daughter Nitara unforgettable auto ride
Despite this amusing incident from the past, Twinkle Khanna said her latest auto ride with Nitara was “an unexpected but great end” to her time in the city. “Today, there were no knives and this turned out to be an unexpected but great end to my last day in town as the little one and I giggled all the way back home. Drop a heart if you love Bombay and all its madness too,” she wrote.
Twinkle Khanna is well-known for her sense of humor and has gained a large following on social media for her entertaining posts. She is also a successful author, having written several best-selling books including “Mrs Funnybones,” “The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad,” and “Pyjamas Are Forgiving.”
Prior to her auto ride with Nitara, Twinkle Khanna had been on vacation in Goa with her husband, actor Akshay Kumar, and their family. She shared pictures from the trip and even celebrated her birthday there with her loved ones.