Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan got married in 2005 and parted ways in August 2021. interview Kiran, who has been busy promoting her upcoming Laapataa Ladies, spoke on Zoom about how she has to correct people when they call her “Aamir Khan’s wife”. She added that “everyone sees her as a wife or an ex-wife,” but if she didn’t have a “very strong sense of self,” she would be “frustrated by being reduced to being a wife.” Also read: Aamir Khan’s ex-wife Kiran Rao announces divorce
“People may not even know my name”
Kiran Rao, who started her career as an assistant director on Aamir Khan’s 2001 film Lagaan, says: “Even now at airports, I often get asked… … People will ask, ‘You’re Aamir Khan’s wife, right?’” They might not even know my name, but the connection is directly to Aamir and I’m used to it. But now I have to say, “Ex-Wife.” To be honest, it doesn’t bother me because, personally, I’ve always had my own interests, my own friends, and my own life that I actively worked towards. I think it’s important for anyone in a marriage to have their own space and identity. “
Kiran Rao on ‘Becoming a Wife’
Kiran Rao, who shares son Azad Rao Khan with Aamir Khan, added: “With Aamir Khan Productions (for Laapataa Ladies) has always been easy to work with because he welcomes input and he sees me as a creative partner. What’s heartening is that although everyone thinks of me as a wife or ex-wife, if I didn’t have a strong sense of self, I It would be frustrating to be reduced to being just a wife. But I had a good laugh about it, honestly.”
Kiran Rao defends Aamir Khan
Kiran Rao was in the news recently after he reacted to director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s comments about Aamir Khan’s film. She praised Aamir for coming forward and apologizing for his “questionable” work. She also said that Sandeep “should have had a one-on-one deal with Aamir” instead of including her in it.
in her interview Kiran also said that in Gwent she never titled Sandeep’s film and spoke about the pervasive culture of misogyny in Hindi cinema.