Well, well, well… so Bollywood actresses can also write. Or so they wish. Believe it or not, the young and effervescent (if somewhat over the top) Sonam Kapoor wants to write the story of her life. Say what? She is just 26 years old. Perhaps 26 is not too old; still, her life has just begun. What does she wish to talk about? Last week, talking to the media at the launch of journalist and filmmaker Khalid Mohamed’s book, Sonam K said, “You know I think I am too young and inexperienced and I don’t know if I have the talent to write, but you know everybody is narcissistic. I would like to write about my life one day or the other. I am an actor after all, but I don’t know if right now I will be able to.”

Tell you what, here’s an idea for a book: pen a story on how you unlearnt the art of acting. What say you?

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