When Hina Khan Revealed She Wanted To Be An Air Hostess

Actress Hina Khan is recently in the news after making an unexpected announcement concerning her health. She revealed that she has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. Hina became a household name with her acting prowess in the serial Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. Few must be knowing that she never wanted to become an actress. Before she decided to pursue acting, Hina Khan wanted to become an air hostess and even enrolled in a course for the same. She had talked about this in an interview. When Hina Khan was about to join the course, she contracted malaria and her dream to become an air hostess couldn’t materialise. Hina’s second ambition was to become a journalist, but she failed to achieve it as well. At last, during college, she tried her luck in acting and auditioned for Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and fortunately succeeded in it.

Hina’s journey to stardom, however, was filled with setbacks. In an interview, Hina Khan revealed that she was once rejected for the role of a Kashmiri character because of her skin tone. Hina Khan, who hails from Kashmir, was evaluated to be too dusky for the part and the makers needed someone “extremely fair”. “I can’t talk about the project, but I remember I could not crack a project because I didn’t look Kashmiri enough. I am Kashmiri and I can fluently speak the language but I didn’t get cast because my complexion is dusky and I am not extremely fair,” she was quoted as saying.

Besides Hina Khan, numerous other actresses have suffered from cancer and come out victorious. Let’s take a look at them.

1. Mahima Chaudhry– In 2022, actress Mahima Chaudhry was diagnosed with breast cancer, but is now cancer-free and has resumed work.

2. Manisha Koirala– Manisha Koirala was treated for advanced ovarian cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering in 2012 and 2013.

3. Barbara Mori– Actress Barbara was diagnosed with early-stage cancer but is now cured.

4. Tahira Kashyap Khurrana– Director Tahira was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018 and completed her treatment in January 2019.

5. Shagufta Ali– Actress Shagufta Ali recovered from cancer after going through 9 chemotherapy sessions.

6. Chhavi Mittal– Actress Chhavi Mittal, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, turned survivor after a lumpectomy.

7. Sonali Bendre– Actress Sonali Bendre was detected with metastatic cancer in 2018 but is now a proud survivor.

8. Hamsa Nandini– Telugu actress Hamsa Nandini was diagnosed with Grade III Invasive Carcinoma (breast cancer).