Aamir Khan Recalls His Family's Reaction Over His Decision To Quit Films
What would be your reaction to Aamir Khan‘s decision to quit films? The “perfectionist” of Bollywood recently shared his decision to quit films and his family’s reaction in a latest conversation.
Aamir Khan, one of the pioneers of Hindi cinema, on a podcast with Rhea Chakraborty, opened up about how he wanted to devote all his time to his family and quit films. He shared the shocked reaction of his family members which changed the perspective of the actor on the decision.
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Don’t worry, Aamir is not quitting cinema. Three years ago, the Laal Singh Chaddha actor told his family that he was quitting films. His family’s reaction was “Papa, how will you quit films? You’ve been involved like crazy for the past 30 years. You must be emotional right now and saying this. But you will not be able to do it.’ They just nodded and said okay.”
Followed by this, the actor even took a step further by informing his production team which had his former wife Kiran Rao as well. The actor said that he didn’t need a production company since he was not going to make films. The actor even asked Kiran to take over the company and make films.
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Aamir then added that all of them were quite shocked, disturbed, and confused by his decision. “Kiran told me, ‘You’re leaving us all.’ I said no, I am leaving films and now I will spend more time with you all. Kiran said, ‘No, you do not understand this right now. If you’re quitting films, you are a child of cinema… you are made for cinema, and if you are leaving it, then you are letting go of life and the world. We are part of that world too, so you are leaving us as well.’ She was crying. I said that won’t happen, you are getting it wrong. But she was correct, which I didn’t realize at the time.”
Aamir was last seen in Laal Singh Chaddha which underperformed at the box office. On his production front, the actor co-produced Kiran’s second directorial feature film Laapataa Ladies, which received critical acclaim upon release. Aamir is currently working on Sitaare Zameen Par which revolves around Down’s Syndrome.
