Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan has made a lot of stars dance to her tune in the last two decades. But this time, it's her turn as she makes her acting debut in Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi. Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali's sister Bela Seghal, who makes her debut here, Khan romances Boman Irani in a rather unusual story about a 40-year-old couple.

Khan says her brother Sajid Khan and her mother thought she was joking when she told them she was going to act in a movie and only husband Shirish Kunder stood by her. In this interview with Sonil Dedhia, Khan talks about the challenges of facing the camera for the first time, working under a debutant director, and how the mother of three juggles her busy life.

A choreographer, a director, and now an actor, what do you have to say about your journey in the film industry? Isn't it amazing that a 47-year-old mother of three is making a debut as an actor, that too as a lead? If you get a chance to do something in life, you should do it and not bother that people will make fun of you. One should try new things in life. If somebody is making a movie where the hero or heroine is 40-plus and it's a romantic comedy and people actually want to go see the film, there's nothing better than that.

Image: Farah Khan and Boman Irani in Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi