
Sonam Kapoor, whose Neerja releases this weekend, has been on a promotional spree. And a lot of the promotions for this film has centred around the theme of bravery, since it’s based on the real-life story of Neerja Bhanot, who looked fear in the face and saved many lives. So during a recent interview with DNA, Sonam was asked about the bravest thing she ever did, and she recounted the story of how she saved designer and stylist Kunal Rawal‘s life.
I hate talking about such things but there was this one incident when I was 15-16 years old and my friend Kunal (Rawal) and I were driving back from a bowling alley. He had just got his driving license and he was driving the car when the car suddenly stalled. I felt something very bad was going to happen and I told him that we needed to get out of the car right then. He was reluctant and I screamed, ‘Kunal we need to get out of the car NOW!’ Then the car from his side started burning. His door wasn’t opening, so I came out and pulled him out of the car! I don’t know where I got this strength from and then the car just burst into flames, like in a Rohit Shetty film. I keep telling Kunal that I saved his life, so he better be nice to me.
Read the full interview here.