Hina Khan reveals her parents’ reaction when she told them about her BF Rocky Jaiswal

Hina Khan rose to fame with the TV show ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ and post that she never looked back in her career. Coming from an orthodox Kashmiri family, it was never an option to enter the showbiz industry. She narrated her story with Humans Of Bombay. Hina revealed that initially, her parents were “hesitant” to even send her to Delhi.

She wrote, “I come from an orthodox Kashmiri family where becoming an actor was never an option. My parents were even hesitant to send me to Delhi for college but somehow, I convinced Papa. So, when a friend suggested auditioning for a serial, I said no. Upon insistence, I gave it a go and the casting directors loved me! The next day, I was selected for the lead role.” Hina moved to Mumbai at the age of 20 to pursue a career in acting. She said, “I moved to Bombay without telling my parents, I was 20. The production people helped me find a place. It took me weeks to tell Papa. He was livid. Mom’s friends and relatives cut ties with us.”

Hina also wrote that her father agreed only on the condition that she would first complete her studies. “I’d shoot all night, study in the breaks, then fly to Delhi to give my exams,” she said.

Opening up on introducing her boyfriend Rocky Jaiswal to her parents, she said, “And just when my parents had gotten used to me being an actor, I told them I was seeing Rocky. It came as a shock, everybody in our family has had arranged marriages. But I gave them time and now, they love him more than me.”

 

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Towards the end, she wrote, “It’s been 11 years since I first faced the camera–the little girl growing up in Srinagar would’ve never imagined walking Cannes. But a series of difficult choices have gotten me here. From Srinagar to Bombay, from being the first actor in my family to dating someone out of the community to giving up easy money at my peak, I’ve proudly carved my own way.”

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