

In 2016, she completed her graduation early, within three years, and took off the remaining one-and-a-half years for weight training, following which she returned to India. Khan studied history and political science at Columbia University in New York. She was also diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, which she ascribes as a cause for her weight gain. Īs a teenager, Khan struggled with her weight, and had to undergo daily workouts under a strict schedule to get fit. Khan also shares a healthy relationship with Kapoor, her step-mother she stated in 2018, "I would like to imbibe her professionalism in me". Saif was initially not allowed to see her or her brother they have since reconciled, and, according to Saif, "are more like friends ". In 2004, when Khan was nine, her parents divorced, and Singh was granted legal guardianship of her children. According to Saif, actress Aishwarya Rai proved to be her inspiration for pursuing a career in film after she saw her perform on stage in Chicago. When Khan was a four-year-old, she acted in an advertisement. Sara Ali Khan is of Barech Pashtun Afghan, Bengali Hindu, and Assamese Muslim descent on her father's side, and of Punjabi Sikh and Punjabi Muslim descent on her mother's side. Her two half brothers Taimur (born 2016) and Jehangir (born 2021), are Saif's sons from his second marriage to Kareena Kapoor. She is also the great-granddaughter of Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi and Sajida Sultan, and the niece of Soha Ali Khan and Saba Ali Khan.

Sara Ali Khan was born on 12 August 1995 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India to Saif Ali Khan, son of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore, and Amrita Singh, daughter of Sardar Shivinder Singh Virk and socialite Rukhsana Sultana both actors of the Hindi film industry.
