Farah Khan believes in moving with the times rather than waiting for opportunities. The filmmaker and choreographer reflects on reinventing herself, her successful foray into digital content, collaborating with Aryan Khan and why she’s content letting films happen in their own time.

From choreographer to filmmaker, YouTube creator and now host of the reality show Lock Upp: Sach Ya Sazaa, Farah believes staying relevant means constantly evolving. Speaking about her successful transition into social media content creation with Farah Khan’s Kitchen, she says, “You have to keep up with the times. I’ve always believed in reinventing myself. I was a dancer, then became a choreographer, then a director, followed by a TV reality show judge. I like to do new things. I believe films will happen when they do. Instead of waiting, I chose to do different things.”

Farah believes audiences connected with the show’s honesty. “People took to the organic nature of the show. Literally, it is a slice of life. And I am savvy enough to know that I like seeing other people’s houses. I want to see what’s in their kitchen. So, whatever I like to watch, is what I put out on my show. I knew my cook Dilip would click from episode one. I talk to him exactly the same way off camera.”

Ask the director who has helmed films like Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om, when she will return to that space and she admits, “Har cheez ka time hota hai. Jab uska time hoga, woh bhi aa jayega. I have stopped worrying and fretting about things for quite some time now. At this age, I can’t be worried and anxious about things.”

Interestingly, while she has directed Shah Rukh Khan over the years, she recently found herself working with his son, Aryan Khan. She choreographed the song Ghafoor for his directorial debut series The Ba***ds Of Bollywood.

“I got a chance to choreograph Ghafoor and how wonderful was that. Aryan is a fabulous director. I loved how he made that series. I just loved that he was filmy and commercial. When aspiring filmmakers from here go abroad to study filmmaking, you always worry that they will become the arty-farty types. But he was so filmi and all his references were on point. I love him.”

Would she like to direct Aryan someday? Farah laughs before throwing the question back. “Will Aryan want to act? I don’t think so.”

While she’s made memorable appearances in projects like Khichdi and more recently Toaster, Farah says acting is something she has absolutely no interest in pursuing. “I hate acting. I find the whole process extremely boring. It is not suited for my personality. When I’m on a set as a director, I’m in charge of things. While acting, it is different. Having said that, I think I did a good job in Khichdi and Toaster. I can only be myself. I’m not an actor. I can only play my own personality well.”