Ibrahim Ali Khan Calls Kareena Kapoor Khan Coolest Stepmother
Sara and Ibrahim Ali Khan send video love to Saif and Kareena on Koffee With Karan 9, from 'coolest stepmother' to Poo nostalgia.

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan walked onto the Koffee With Karan Season 9 couch for a festive episode, but the biggest moments arrived from people who were not in the room. Video messages from Saif’s children with Amrita Singh, Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan, turned the conversation into a warm and unusually open look at one of Bollywood’s most photographed blended families.
Ibrahim’s note to his hero and his ‘coolest stepmother’
Ibrahim kept his message direct. He told Saif that he is his role model and hero, but drew a distinction: it is not only about who his father is, it is about what Saif has been through. He listed the low points, including the heart attack, the thumb injury and the knife attack at the family’s Bandra residence.
He saved a separate piece of gratitude for Kareena, addressing her as Bebo and calling her “the coolest stepmother.” He added that she has always been there, then backed his father to take home the episode’s hamper.
Sara brings Poo back into the frame
Sara kept things a little more filmi. She said Saif personifies “suave, swag, and coolness,” and linked Kareena and Karan Johar to her own childhood. For Sara, Poo, Kareena’s much-loved character from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… (2001), remains her favourite character ever.
The message, moment by moment
- Ibrahim to Saif: calls him his hero, pointing to the health scares, thumb injury and knife attack.
- Ibrahim to Kareena: calls her the coolest stepmother and thanks her for always being there.
- Sara to Saif: says he personifies suave, swag and coolness.
- Sara on Kareena: calls Poo from K3G her favourite character ever.
What the parents said about Ibrahim and the younger boys
Earlier in the episode, the conversation turned to Ibrahim’s equation with half-brothers Taimur and Jehangir. Kareena said the younger boys love Ibrahim, look up to him and enjoy playing with him. Saif echoed that, describing how Ibrahim makes the effort to go to their room, ask Jeh questions and build his own bond with him.
Why this lands beyond the episode
Blended-family conversations in Bollywood are often reduced to paparazzi captions or wedding appearances. This one worked because the affection was specific: Ibrahim thanked Kareena for being present, while Sara treated Kareena’s filmography as part of her own growing up. It reframes the family not as co-stars in a gossip cycle but as people who have built a working equation across marriages, households and generations.
The clips also underline why Koffee With Karan still creates appointment viewing for celebrity families: the format lets stars react in real time to messages from the people closest to them. Here, the children’s words carried the headline.
Source: bollywoodHungama.com
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