In a recent interview, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan shared that he had decided to quit the film industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that he did not disclose the decision in fear of people calling it a publicity stunt, ahead of the release of ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’.  

“No I quit. Nobody knows this. I’m saying for the first time, you will be shocked. I had informed my family that I won’t be doing any films from now onwards- ‘Neither I’ll act nor I will produce any films. I don’t want to do all this. I just want to spend my time with you all’,” Khan told ABP. 

“I understand it was a response in anger. My family was shocked as I was conveying it to them in such an intense way. Nobody argued with me. Then I thought I should tell people that I won’t be acting in films now. Then I said if I tell people they will say, ‘This is his marketing scheme as his film Laal Singh Chaddha is about to release, he is announcing his retirement’,” he added. 

The 57-year-old actor further revealed how Kiran Rao, his former wife, and Ira Khan, his daughter, urged him to take a step back and reevaluate his hasty decision. 

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“Anyway, my film comes after three or four years. Once Laal Singh Chaddha gets released nobody will realise if I’m doing anything for the next three or four years. By then I’ll leave the industry and nobody will know. So I decided not to say anything and three months passed like this. One day, my children told me that you are an extreme person, don’t do this. It will be better if you find a balance in life. I had quit films. In my heart, I had left films,” he said. 

“My children and Kiran explained to me I am doing the wrong thing. Kiran cried and said, ‘When I see you, I see films residing inside you. What are you saying I’m unable to understand’. A lot happened in two years, I quit the industry and came back,” Khan concluded. 

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Aamir Khan will next be seen in ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, a Bollywood remake of Tom Hanks’ ‘Forrest Gump’. Directed by Advait Chandan, the remake will also feature Kareena Kapoor Khan, Naga Chaitanya and Mona Singh.