Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Kunal Kemmu's Unusual First Meeting With Soha's Family
Soha Ali Khan wanted to tell her family about Kunal Kemmu.
She did not feel comfortable telling her father herself, so she asked her mother, Sharmila Tagore, to help.
Sharmila met Kunal while he was filming the movie 99.
He was wearing a white bathrobe for a scene, which made the meeting unusual.
Sharmila liked Kunal and soon became comfortable with him.
Kunal also got along well with her.
Later, Kunal told his own parents that he was dating Soha.
He decided to tell them because newspapers and other media had started reporting about them.
Soha Ali Khan relied on her mother, Sharmila Tagore, to tell Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi about Kunal Kemmu.
Sharmila first met Kunal on the sets of 99 while he was filming a scene in a white bathrobe.
Sharmila quickly liked Kunal, although she initially did not expect them to become friends.
Kunal told his parents about Soha after media reports about their relationship became more frequent.
Kunal and Soha had been together for about eight or nine months when he told his parents.
- Who
- Actors Kunal Kemmu and Soha Ali Khan, along with Sharmila Tagore, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and Kunal's parents.
- What
- Accounts describe how Kunal and Soha told their families about their relationship and how Sharmila first met Kunal.
- When
- The recollection appeared in a 2012 conversation; Kunal told his parents after he and Soha had been together for about eight or nine months.
- Where
- Sharmila met Kunal on the sets of the film 99.
- Why
- Soha relied on her mother because she did not discuss boys directly with her father, while Kunal told his parents after media reports about the relationship increased.
- First meeting
- Sharmila Tagore met Kunal Kemmu on the sets of 99.
- Unusual detail
- Kunal was filming a scene while wearing a white bathrobe.
- Soha's approach
- Soha asked her mother to tell Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi about Kunal.
- Kunal's disclosure
- Kunal first spoke to his father and later told his mother about Soha.
- Relationship timeline
- Kunal and Soha had been together for around eight or nine months when he told his parents.
- Reason for telling parents
- Media reports about their relationship had begun appearing more frequently.
- Earlier film connection
- Kunal and Soha had first met on the sets of Dhoondte Reh Jaoge in 2009.