Reports of Aamir Khan\u2019s retirement are greatly exaggerated \u2014 actually they\u2019re quite out of date. News of Indian cinema\u2019s Mr Perfectionist \u201cretiring\u201d have been swirling both on and offline, but it seems many outlets haven\u2019t realised that the actor silently retired a few years earlier and then made an equally silent comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter India<\/em><\/a>, Khan and his ex-wife Kiran Rao revealed that he had announced his \u201cretirement\u201d to his family a few years prior. However, Khan\u2019s family convinced him not to oscillate between extremes, and so he silently came out of retirement and returned to the film world. The superstar also found someone to head Aamir Khan Productions for him so he could continue acting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI decided to quit before\u00a0Laal Singh Chadha<\/em>\u00a0[in 2022]. I was going through a personal journey of my own. There was no such thing as me being disappointed by cinema. It\u2019s just, during Covid, I suddenly realised that 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,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a result, it made me realise that perhaps I\u2019ve not been there enough for my relationships. My kids, my siblings, my family; whether it was Kiran when I was married to her or Reena (Dutta) when I was married to her, I felt that I had not been there for these people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Khan recalled feeling a lot of guilt so, he decided to silently quit. \u201cI\u2019ve done enough films, 35 years of my life I\u2019ve done films. I decided I could now spend time with my family and I was very grateful that I realised this at the age of 56, 57 \u2014 I\u2019m 59 now, this was three years ago \u2014 and not at 88. At that point, there could\u2019ve been nothing I could do about it. At least now I can do something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Dangal<\/em> actor acknowledged that he\u2019s quite an \u201cextreme\u201d person \u2014 something his children made him realise. \u201cWhen I was doing films I was only doing films. Junaid pointed this out to me. Junaid and Ayra sat me down. Junaid told me not to swing between extremes and that there\u2019s a middle ground I can be in. So, I came back. No one knew I had quit because nothing came out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Khan also shared that this was during Laal Singh Chaddha<\/em> was in production. \u201cHalf of it had been shot and we were left with half the shoot.\u201d So any claims about him deciding to quit because of its response weren\u2019t true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Khan shared that he now wants to spend the remaining ten years of his active life, till the age of 70, as his most productive years. \u201cI want to support talent which I believe in; writers, directors, actors, creative people, musicians, singers. People who I feel are good. I want to support people that I can become a platform for, which is why I brought in Aparna (Purohit) to lead<\/a> Aamir Khan Productions. Because if I was doing so much work, I needed someone to look after my company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The superstar admitted that if Purohit hadn\u2019t come in, he would\u2019ve done maybe one or two films and called it quits. \u201cI needed someone whose sensibility, integrity and ethics I can trust [in the realm of production]. Her straightforward approach is very similar to mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Khan\u2019s Laapataa Ladies<\/em>, which is also India\u2019s official submission to the Oscars, stands as a testament to his commitment to providing platforms for fresh voices in cinema. By supporting the next generation of filmmakers, the Taare Zameen Par<\/em> actor hopes to contribute to the evolving narrative of Indian cinema.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reports of Aamir Khan\u2019s retirement are greatly exaggerated \u2014 actually they\u2019re quite out of date. 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