Sana Khan, actor-turned-spiritual seeker, recently shared her challenging journey on Rubina Dilaik’s podcast. Having left showbiz to deepen her faith, Sana Khan spoke candidly about the challenges she faced, from public scrutiny to spiritual awakening. Talking to Rubina, Sana opened up about how, before becoming an actor, she was a simple person who unknowingly transitioned to a diva, something she feels guilty about.
She said, “Of course it is my thought, my religion, it has nothing to do with anybody else, but just felt that I (had) lost it. I couldn’t decipher what was happening to me. I was a gharelu (homebody) girl, would wear salwar-kameez and wear oil in my hair, going to college. When did I reach this short skirt and backless stage? When I look back at my life I break down. I don’t want to cry on your show, it is a happy place, I want to give happy things, but it is just the guilt that keep coming to me.”
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“You regret doing wrong… I feel I have become very expressive of this emotion after the change. Earlier I used to control, but now, no matter how much I try, I just can’t, I feel like I have become a cry baby, sometimes. Everybody must be like ‘she keeps crying,’ but what do I do?” she added.
When Rubina asked her what triggered the change, Sana said, “There are a lot of things. Being born in a Muslim family, being born as a Muslim. What is good and what is bad, we all know it. Every Muslim knows what is Halaal and Haraam. I knew that this was not correct, what I am doing… I am reading Quran, but I am not leading a life that Allah wants me to lead. It is also because the Quran is written in the Arabic language, and we tend to neglect it because we don’t understand the language fully. So, I used to read the Quran in my childhood, but I never understood what the Quran says…”
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Sana then opened up about her successful appearance on Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss 6. It was only after this that she started contemplating a change. She said, “After I came out of Bigg Boss (6), I felt the need to get a translated version of the Quran. That was also a time when things were going haywire in my life, which is not even worth talking about. It is said that when a person becomes too famous, they get distracted. My life was going on, but I was experiencing an internal turmoil…”
Sana Khan became a popular household name following her Bigg Boss 6 stint. She has also appeared in films like Jai Ho and Toilet Ek Prem Katha. But she abruptly quit the entertainment industry in 2020. The same year, she got married to Anas Saiyad in a private ceremony in Surat.
Talking about why she quit the world of entertainment, Sana shared, “There was a phase in my life when I would get excited to buy clothes, but once I bought them, the excitement would vanish. I remember getting my dream car, however, within 24 hours of getting the keys I was not excited about it anymore. People saw my happiness of the surface, as I was posting dancing videos (on social media), but in reality I was not happy. Why was I not happy? I had the money, I was shopping, I was eating at good restaurants, driving around in a good car, travelling, but I was not happy. My happiness would be momentary, it was like it’s giving a special appearance and then going away. I was not happy with myself, I would be happy around people. But I wanted to be happy with myself.”
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