Twinkle Khanna shows us why she is 'Mrs Funnybones' at her debut book launch
Mumbai: Twinkle Khanna, India’s wittiest columnist unveiled her debut book Mrs. Funnybones on Tuesday, 18th August 2015. Full of wit and interesting observations, Mrs Funny Bones captures the life of the modern Indian woman—a woman who organizes dinner each evening but goes to work all day, who runs her own life but has to listen to her mummyji, who worries about her weight and the state of the country. Based on her super-hit columns, Mrs Funnybones marks the debut of one of our funniest, most original writers.
The actress was joined by her husband Akshay Kumar, and mother Dimple Kapadia. Her ‘Mela’ co-star Aamir Khan and one of her closest friends Karan Johar also attended the launch to show their support.
The team decided to make things interesting and had a live version of Karan’s hot talk show ‘Koffee with Karan’ with Twinkle as the main guest. Twinkle admitted that she had avoided the show over the years as she was afraid her sense of humour would take over and she would blurt out something too embarrassing.
The show started off with Twinkle speaking about her book and the inspiration behind it. She even spoke about how her husband Akshay Kumar is always giving her feedback about her writing.
“I have many editors, but he’s my first editor. He makes me remove lines and phrases. He made me remove Pakistan four times, he tried to make me remove lotus from my last one,” she said.
But the most interesting segment of the evening, which everyone was looking forward to, was Karan’s rapid fire round.
Here’s how it went:
Three things about you that no one knows about you
My other names would have been sparkle and sprinkle
My mother thinks my sister does everything better than me
Everyone knows everything about me. My life is an open book now
What does your husband have that other heroes don’t have?
A few extra inches...in height… vertically
If you can ban one thing in this country what would it be?
Maggie two minutes noodles. We don’t want them in our bedroom and we don’t want them in our kitchens
Which heroine should be cast in Akshay’s next film according to you?
Jayalalitha and they can do the cape crusader.
First thing that comes to your mind when I say the following
- The porn ban: Seriously, as a mom I would be happy if they did it, but as a citizen I’m not happy.
- Article 377: You can’t marry a member of the same gender as you, but this is India so you can marry a tree.
- Twitter trolls: cockroaches, which when you spray hit, they come squirming out, and you just kind of stamp on them.
The stupidest question you have ever been asked in an interview, and don’t make this about any question I’ve asked you:
Somebody actually asked me if I finished school apparently because my name is twinkle so I don’t think that my parents could write or spell
Your first celebrity crush
No one
A person who you think deserves their own reality show
Radhe Maa. I’m obsessed with her
Three things no one knows about your husband Akshay Kumar
He cries during movies just like Aamir
He wears chequered pyjamas like a British gentleman
When he gets drunk he sings songs that I have never heard of
What would you do if you woke up as the following people?
Ranbir Kapoor: I wouldn’t speak because the cat’s got my tongue.
Deepika Padukone: I would do anything. It’s “My Choice”
Narendra Modi: Hey I’ll get into trouble for this … I would make Akshay Kumar sports minister
Rahul Gandhi: I would look for mummy
If you found the following peoples phones, what would be the most controversial thing on it?
Hrithik Roshan: He’s my neighbour; I can look out of my window I don’t have to look at his phone.
Aamir Khan: Pictures of naked aliens for research purposes .
Take a look at the whole show here:
