Aamir Khan opens up about retirement

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has revealed that he once decided to step away from the industry a few years ago.

Aamir Khan, who has been in the industry for past 35 years, said that after before Laal Singh Chadha, he was going through a personal journey of his own.

However, his family convinced him to rethink this decision.

“Towards the end of Covid, I suddenly realised that I have spent the bulk of my adult life, starting from the age of 18 right up to now, all of my bandwidth and focus has been on cinema and films,” he said in an interview.

“As a result, I felt that I hadn’t been there enough for my relationships – my kids, siblings, and family. Whether it was Kiran or Reena when I was married to them. I felt that I wasn’t there for these people enough,” he explained. “I felt a lot of guilt and didn’t feel good about what I had done. And, I have done enough films in the past 35 years; I can now focus on my family.”

Khan said that he went on to recollect the moment when he broke the news to his family.

He recalled, “So, I sat my family down and told them that I want to quit films and spend time with you all. That was my reaction, it wasn’t out of any disappointment from the cinema.”

“Junaid and Ira (his elder kids from first wife Reena Dutta) convinced me not to quit. Junaid said, ‘Why do you have to go from one extreme to the other? There is a space somewhere in the middle where you can be in’. They explained that to me and I came back. So, no one knew that I had quit,” Khan revealed.

“No practical result came out of it. It was just my personal journey.”

He will be appearing in ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’, co-starring Genelia Deshmukh and Darsheel Safary.

The spiritual sequel to ‘Taare Zameen Par’ (2007) is scheduled for theatrical release on December 25.