On Monday, Bollywood star Aamir Khan attended the book launch event of his cousin brother Mansoor Khan along with his ex-wives Reena Dutta, Kiran Rao and his elder son Junaid. Several pictures and videos from the event went viral on social media in which both his ex-wives could be seen sharing a laugh together.
Kiran wore a long green dress under a blue shirt while Reena opted for a black and white outfit. Aamir married Reena Dutta in 1986. The two, who share a daughter Ira and a son Junaid Khan, divorced after 16 years of marriage. Junaid will reportedly be making his acting debut soon. An official announcement of his first film is still awaited.
Ira, on the other hand, got engaged to her longtime boyfriend Nupur Shikhare, on November 18 last year in the presence of close friends and family members. The engagement ceremony saw the Khan family beaming joyfully from Imran Khan, Aamir`s ex-wives Reena Dutta and Kiran Rao to actor Fatima Sana Shaikh. Aamir and Kiran got married on December 28, 2005. They welcomed their first son, Azad, through surrogacy in 2011. They announced their separation last year, after 15 years of marriage.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Aamir was last seen in the romantic drama film Laal Singh Chaddha opposite Kareena Kapoor Khan. The film failed to impress the audience at the box office. The actor has still not announced his next project. Recently, an old video of Aamir Khan has surfaced where the actor explains how this is not a gender issue but is governed by market forces.
The video is from an interview that Aamir and Rani Mukerji gave while promoting their 2013 film Talaash. The clip from the interview was shared by a fan on the subreddit Bolly Blinds N Gossip recently. It begins with the interviewer asking Aamir about the wage gap in Bollywood. The actor responds, “See, the fact of the matter is that in films, your fee is connected to your ability to fill the theatres. Yes, heroines work very hard but so do cameramen, so do the light boys on the set. All of us should be paid equally.”
Aamir Khan on gender pay gap in Bollywood (old video)
by u/nyxtron in BollyBlindsNGossip
When the interviewer interrupts and asks Aamir if he is comparing actresses with light boys, the actor responds, “No, I am comparing the heroine, the light boy, and myself. I am saying all of us are working hard so why is the light boy not getting paid as much. It’s not because he is a man or a woman. You’re confusing the issue there. The reason why you are paid differently in cinema is because the market forces understand you are able to bring that much money back into a film.”
(With inputs from ANI)
