Sara Ali Khan (Sara) Wiki Biography

✅ She has said she weighed 96 kg while studying at Columbia University, and that she also has PCOD/PCOS, which made weight loss harder.

✅ Sara has said it took her about a year and a half to lose the weight before entering films, and media reports commonly put the loss at roughly 45 kg (to about 51 kg).

✅ She is a member of the Pataudi family: great-granddaughter of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi and granddaughter of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore.

✅ She said on Koffee With Karan (2018) that she wanted to date Kartik Aaryan, and the two later starred together in Love Aaj Kal (2020).

✅ Neither Sara nor Kartik Aaryan has publicly confirmed a relationship, although Karan Johar has claimed one.

✅ According to her father Saif Ali Khan, seeing Aishwarya Rai perform on stage in Chicago inspired Sara to pursue a film career.

✅ Sara acted in an advertisement when she was four years old.

✅ She graduated from Columbia University in 2016 with a degree in history and political science, finishing in three years.

✅ She has said she may consider politics later in life.

✅ Her first two films, Kedarnath and Simmba, released within about three weeks of each other in December 2018.

✅ Kedarnath earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut at the 64th Filmfare Awards in 2019.

✅ She joined Instagram on 15 August 2018 (Independence Day) and gained 127,000 followers within the first hour of her first post.

✅ She appeared in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list of 2019 with an estimated annual income of ₹5.75 crore.

✅ She became an equity partner in the apparel brand The Souled Store in 2022.

✅ She has endorsed brands including Fanta, Puma, Pepsi, Veet and Kurkure.

✅ In 2021 she trained with Assam's all-women Veerangana commando unit for the discovery+ special Mission Frontline with Sara Ali Khan.

✅ She donated to Sonu Sood's Foundation for oxygen cylinders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

✅ She performed a dance medley, including Tip Tip Barsa Paani, at the 69th Filmfare Awards in Gandhinagar in 2024.

✅ She played freedom fighter Usha Mehta, who ran the secret Congress Radio during the Quit India Movement, in Ae Watan Mere Watan (2024).

✅ Murder Mubarak (Netflix) and Ae Watan Mere Watan (Prime Video) were released within about a week of each other in March 2024.

✅ Pati Patni Aur Woh Do, her first film with Ayushmann Khurrana, was announced for 4 March 2026 but released in cinemas on 15 May 2026.

✅ Her next film, the spy comedy Udta Teer, was moved by its makers from 9 October to 23 October 2026 and is the directorial debut of Akash A Kaushik.