On the India In the present day Conclave 2024, Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan engaged in a candid dialog with journalist Rahul Kanwal, revealing his causes for steering away from social media platforms like Instagram.
Whereas acknowledging the advantages of social media for model constructing and selling causes, Khan expressed a private choice for staying offline. “For me personally, if I used to be to take photos of a second, it destroys the second for me,” he defined. “And I actually like form of having fun with my life. Generally you are having dinner otherwise you’re doing one thing with the youngsters, and even when my spouse says, ‘Okay, can we take an image,’ the youngsters, me, all of us are like, ‘No, you both shoot one thing otherwise you expertise it.”
He elaborated on his views, stating, “For me, I believe it is a fantastic factor, and who is aware of, I would be part of it. There is no – I haven’t got a form of a stand in opposition to it in any respect. It is simply, for me personally, I believe it is too time-consuming. And after I discover myself generally I’ve surfed Instagram, and I’ve spent half an hour studying probably the most inane issues, and my spouse says I am not following the fitting issues. However, after which I form of delete the app as a result of I, I really feel I’ve wasted a whole lot of time, um, in comparison with one thing I may very well be studying in a ebook or, you realize, uh, doing one thing extra concrete with my time.”
Khan additionally addressed the potential impression of his social media absence on his model worth and visibility. He expressed contentment together with his present stage of success and a choice for staying true to himself.
“I keep in mind discussing it when it got here out,” he stated, referring to the rise of social media. “However I believe you form of need to be proud of a certain quantity, like I sit with my administration and I say, ‘Okay, that is how a lot I am making by way of cash. Do I really want to form of flip this round and do one thing extra? How a lot will we push? How completely satisfied are you together with your…?’ And I believe social media, generally, for me… I believe it is a fantastic factor, you realize, and there is – my spouse is the queen of Instagram at house.”
He added, “Possibly we may have gotten somewhat bit extra right here and there to be identical to everybody else, however I might nonetheless relatively be um, you realize, myself and, and never try this.”
Khan concluded by emphasising his enjoyment of life offline, “I have interaction nicely with life. I’ve fairly a, a busy life, um, and I simply do not see this as a part of it. However I stay with somebody who does, and it is fab. And if I ever want any posting, I am going to give her a nudge and say, ‘Darling, will you please…’ and earlier than I do know it, it is gone to many thousands and thousands of individuals. However it’s not one thing I do fairly often.”
