If we let kids think freely, the world would be so different: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

Vani Tripathi Tikoo recently recalled that after Laal Laal Haathi, Nawaz continued to call her Laal Haathi for almost a decade, and this is the name he has saved in his phone too.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui recalled, "Laal Haathi play chal raha tha aur laal kapde pehne ye corridor mein chal rahi thi toh maine inko Laal Haathi kehna shuru kar diya. Ye title mujhe bahut strike kiya. Kids have an incredible imagination. If we let them think freely, the world would be so different. But we, as adults, keep forcing them to think like us."

As the book is about children, Vani shared about a recent moment with Nawaz, and told him,"When you spent time with my daughter Akku, I felt like Kabuliwala himself was standing in front of her, holding dry fruits, and she was picking them from his hands. Very few people know that Nawaz has a special connection with children - that’s one of the reasons he’s here today."

Nawaz replied, "I think we should behave with kids according to our own age, not theirs. The problem starts when adults try to act like children around them. Another issue is that we try to prove that we know everything. I spoke to her just as I speak to you. That’s probably why she didn’t feel like some ‘uncle’ was trying to scare her."