When Kiran Rao began dating Aamir Khan, who was previously married to Reena Dutta, she faced some trolling as many believed that she was somehow responsible for the end of Aamir’s first marriage. Aamir and Reena ended their marriage in 2002, a year after the release of Lagaan. Kiran, who was working as an assistant director on Lagaan, worked with Aamir during those years. However, in a recent interview, Kiran clarified that she and Aamir were not romantically involved during Lagaan. She said that they started dating when she was assisting Ashutosh Gowariker during Swades.
Speaking to Zoom she said, “Lots of people think that Aamir and I connected on Lagaan, we absolutely didn’t. Aamir and I got together during Swades, he was going to shoot Mangal Pandey at the time. We had just shot a couple of commercials with Ashutosh Gowariker for Coke and that is where Aamir and I reconnected. 3-4 years after Lagaan. I wasn’t in touch with him. In fact, on Lagaan, I barely spoke to him. I was actually seeing somebody else during Lagaan. When Aamir and I started going out in 2004, everybody thought that this started when we were shooting for Lagaan and this caused the divorce, which was not the fact.”
Kiran also revealed that Aamir and she took couple counselling to cut the clutter in their relationship. She said, “When you marry someone, who has been in another relationship, there is a baggage that you bring that will affect your relationship. I strongly recommend couple’s counselling. Aamir and I did couple’s counselling. It becomes a neutral ground where you talk about your needs, how you see the other person and that was very beneficial to me. It helped that Aamir and I agreed that we both have to be honest with each other, whatever be the case.”
Kiran and Aamir Khan tied the knot in 2005. They parted ways in 2021. They continue to co-parent their son Azad. Kiran recently released her second directorial venture Laapataa Ladies, which was co-produced by Aamir.
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