After years of togetherness, Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao announced their divorce. They are working together for Laal Singh Chaddha and the film is announced for February 2022 release. Though they have parted ways personally, Aamir and Kiran decided to work together for films. Kiran Rao directed Dhobi Ghat 11 years ago and she is all set to direct a social drama very soon. Aamir Khan Productions will produce this project and the shoot commences in December.

The entire film will be shot in a North Indian village and it is a triangular love story. The actors are currently being finalized. Aamir Khan loved the concept and he decided to co-produce the project along with Tanhaji Dasgupta and an official announcement will be made soon. Aamir Khan will not feature in the next directorial of Kiran Rao.

Bollywood star Aamir Khan and his wife, filmmaker Kiran Rao, have announced their divorce in a statement issued to the press on Saturday.

The statement read: “In these 15 beautiful years together we have shared a lifetime of experiences, joy and laughter, and our relationship has only grown in trust, respect and love. Now we would like to begin a new chapter in our lives — no longer as husband and wife, but as co-parents and family for each other.

“We began a planned separation some time ago, and now feel comfortable to formalise this arrangement, of living separately yet sharing our lives the way an extended family does.

“We remain devoted parents to our son Azad, who we will nurture and raise together. We will also continue to work as collaborators on films, Paani Foundation, and other projects that we feel passionate about.

“A big thank you to our families and friends for their constant support and understanding about this evolution in our relationship, and without whom we would not have been so secure in taking this leap.

“We request our well wishers for good wishes and blessings, and hope that — like us — you will see this divorce not as an end, but as the start of a new journey.
Thanks and love, Kiran and Aamir,” the joint statement concluded.

Aamir and Kiran, who had been an assistant director to Ashutosh Gowariker on the set of “Lagaan”, got married in 2005. The two welcomed their son Azad Rao Khan in 2011 through surrogacy.

Indian Superstar Aamir Khan is called as the Mr Perfect of Indian cinema. He is never in a hurry and spends ample time on the film and manages to get the right and comfortable release for every film. His career graph reached all time high in the recent times and he hasn’t tasted a failure. Along with critically acclaim, all the movies managed to rake massive commercial numbers. Then came a shock called Thugs of Hindostan.

The whole country was left surprised how Aamir stepped into the project. The film has been named as one of the biggest disasters of Indian cinema. Aamir is said to be left in deep shock with the performance and hasn’t announced his next. He is out of reach from some time and wishes to take time to finalize his next. Things were completely different before the release of Thugs of Hindostan and they changed completely after the film’s release. A close source revealed that Aamir isn’t out from the debacle and he needs more time.

Aamir was in talks with Shakun Batra based on the life story of Osho which is kept on hold now. Aamir Khan was also in talks for Mahabharata and the actor is said to take some more time to finalize his next.

Superstar Aamir Khan says he takes a higher cut in films’ profits because he risks his time on projects. But he does so only after the cost of each film is recovered in every aspect.

The actor-producer gave out the information on the inaugural day of the fifth Indian Screenwriters Conference here on Wednesday.

During an interactive session on the topic ‘Writers VS Producers: Can they never be allies?’, Aamir was asked: “There is a worrying trend that now the star has started taking about 80 per cent of the film, not profit but actually as his fees. Even though he is letting his fees go, it ultimately comes to the actor taking away 80 per cent. In 20 per cent how are we going to make a successful film?”

The actor replied: “My first rupee comes to me when the film’s cost is recovered in every aspect, after the producer’s and everybody else’s money is recovered. That’s the model I work with, and certainly, I take a higher cut in the percentage because I am risking my time on that, and I think producers are happy with that too.”

Explaining the model, he shared: “The model that I work on is that, say a film costs Rs 100 crore to make. It consists of everything – cast, crew, production cost, post-production cost and everything comes in that. I don’t take any money in that. I take nothing.

“So, when the film releases, I get zero money. And as it starts earning money, that money goes into P and A (Promotions and Advertising), which is over and above Rs 100 crore. Say P and A is Rs 25 crore, it then goes into recovering that.

“Once P and A is recovered, the producer has recovered his money, and everybody has got their fees…then I go into the percentage of profits. This way, there is no way that the producer can lose any money. And if for some reason, the film has not recovered the money, that it didn’t do well, then I don’t get any money,” he said.

Being part of some of the iconic films like “Dangal”, “PK”, “3 Idiots” and “Lagaan”, Aamir believes that the script plays an important role in the success of a film.

“I think the script is the foundation (of a film) and I make sure that once I love the story and the film is in the making, people who are investing money should not be in loss. I don’t allow the producer to shoulder the responsibility alone,” he said.

He believes that sharing the responsibility of making the film commercially successful also secures his career and builds trust with the producers and financiers of films.

“I think this is the best business model for film and our business because in most of my films, if producer is not losing money, it is but obvious that he will sign me for the next film. That is why I always ensure that if I am signed in a film, there is no loss,” he said.

Citing the example of the 2001 film “Lagaan”, Aamir said: “Since that film was one of the expensive films of that time and was breaking a lot of rules of mainstream Indian cinema and that is why I felt the importance of taking the responsibility.

“That apart, I know when I come on board, producers and financiers do not question me on the subject I chose for a film because they trust me, they have faith in me. That is why I want to ensure the profit.”