Kiran Rao has been quite vocal about the modern equation she shares with her ex-husband, Aamir Khan. The duo, who got separated in 2021, continue to remain close friends and each other’s biggest supporters. While they remain the dutiful co-parents for their son, Azad, they have also collaborated for professional work even after their divorce. Moreover, Aamir and Kiran frequently open up about the various aspects of their unique friendship, without hesitating about the past that they had once shared.
In a recent interaction on the show, Cyrus Says, Kiran Rao recalled when she crossed paths with her ex-husband, Aamir Khan for the first time. She stated being in the middle of switching jobs when she got a call from the filmmaker, Reema Kagti, asking the former if she could come and help with the costumes and outfits of the film, Lagaan. Explaining how her meeting with Aamir and witnessing first hand, the level of dedication that he puts in his craft, Kiran called it a 'film school kind' of experience for her. In her words:
“I was in between jobs when Reema Kagti called me and said there is this happening in Bhuj, do you wan to come? And I was like okay. She was like ‘It’s good, it’s for three months.’ We did for six months. It was a film called Lagaan. Back then, I hadn’t seen a lot of Hindi movies. I didn’t have a reference point to know how different it was in some ways. Aamir was taking a huge risk making this sports film, backing 100 years ago in Awadhi, a different dialect altogether. When I was in-charge of getting all of them into layers and layers of their outfits, it was quite an experience. It was like a film school for me.”
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Continuing with her line of thought, Kiran recalled that she and Aamir began dating gradually, as after Lagaan, they again crossed paths when the actor was shooting for Mangal Pandey. Thereafter, as Aamir started shooting for Rang De Basanti, Kiran got the first hand opportunity to start off with her cherished dream of writing her own screenplay. Adding how she cracked the plot of her first film, Dhobi Ghat while she kept accompanying Aamir Khan on his shoot-related trips, Kiran said:
“When I was working on Swades, I reconnected with Aamir. During that time, he was shooting for Mangal Pandey. That’s when we started dating. After Swades was over, Aamir had started Rang De Basanti. And when he was shooting for Rang De Basanti, because he was travelling for two-three months, I thought let me just travel with him and write. I actually wrote my film Dhobi Ghat when Aamir was shooting for his film.”
Earlier, during an honest confession on the YouTube channel of She The People’s TV, Kiran Rao shockingly revealed how she and Aamir Khan were in no mood of getting married for the longest, and were very happy being in a live-in relationship. However, the filmmaker mentioned that it was because of both their parent’s advice and consideration that they ceremoniously tied the knot.
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Previously, while speaking with Brut, Kiran Rao divulged the reason behind her divorce from Aamir Khan and mentioned how she felt being stuck and required a sort of independence. Citing the need for her own space at the end of the day, Kiran expressed:
“I knew that I needed my space. I wanted to live independently, and I needed that to grow myself. I felt that it was for my own growth and Aamir acknowledged that as well and supported that. So that actually really helped.”
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