Twinkle Khanna is one of those star wives of Bollywood, whose outspokenness and confidence inspires people a lot. Her career in films may not have lasted long, but Twinkle did not let it dominate her identity.

She left acting after her marriage to Akshay Kumar, but further developed herself as a strong, independent and clear-thinking woman. Recently she was asked why she did not change her surname after marriage. Twinkle has answered this question very frankly.

This is why Twinkle did not change her name
While talking to BBC, Twinkle Khanna, while answering the question about not changing her surname, said, ‘I think I have been married for about 25 years. My sister’s too. And at that time, as I said, feminism was not in our dictionary. We never changed our surname. We are Khanna sisters.

This issue also arose in family gatherings
Twinkle Khanna further said that this question has also been raised in her family gathering. She further recalled, ‘Ajeeb Si Aunty’ asked her, you all are crazy sisters, you know, why didn’t you change? Yes, crazy sisters, why didn’t you change your name? Recalling her funny answer, she said, ‘If I had to change my name, I would have changed my first name, it is Twinkle.

the thought never occurred to me
Twinkle says that the thought of changing her name never occurred to her. He said, ‘I like Khanna.’ He further said, ‘These were not things that we thought about, it just never occurred to us that we had to change our surname.

Let us tell you that it has been 25 years since the marriage of Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna. The couple got married in 2001 and have two children, Aarav and Nitara.