Aamir Khan announces break from acting

In a rather surprising turn of events, the actor recently revealed that he is planning to go on a short break in order to be able to give more time to his family.

Khan has often expressed regret at not being there for his children when they were growing up on multiple occasions, reported The Indian Express.The announcement of a break comes after two of his films, Thugs of Hindostan and Laal Singh Chaddha, bombed at the box office.

At a recent event in New Delhi, Khan appeared in an all-grey look after being briefly spotted by the paparazzi in Mumbai some days ago. He had previously provided fans with a glimpse of his grey hair in a picture posted by his daughter during the lockdown.

At Monday’s event, Aamir left his hair and beard uncoloured as he opened up about his career and where he sees it going in the next year or so.

He said, “When I am doing a film as an actor, I get so lost in that that nothing else happens in my life. I was supposed to do a film after Laal Singh Chaddha called Champions. It’s a wonderful script, a beautiful story and it’s a very heartwarming and lovely film. But I feel that I want to take a break and be with my family, my mom, and my kids.”

Aamir added, “I feel I have been working for 35 years and I have single-mindedly been focused on my work. I feel that it’s not fair to people who are close to me. This is the time I feel I have to take some time off to be with them and actually experience life in a different way. I am looking forward to the next year, a year-and-a-half in which I am not working as an actor.”

At the ABP Ideas of India event in Mumbai earlier this year, Aamir opened up about past mistakes, and said, “I feel like I’d spent my life chasing my dreams and trying to fulfil them. But during this journey, I didn’t pay attention to my loved ones. My parents, my siblings, my children, my first wife Reena, my second wife Kiran, and their parents. Perhaps, I couldn’t devote enough time to them. My daughter is now 23. I am sure she must have missed my presence in her life when she was younger. She will have had her own anxieties, fears, dreams and hopes. I wasn’t there for her, I know this now. I didn’t know her dreams and fears and hopes, but I knew the fears and dreams and hopes of my directors.”

Both Thugs of Hindostan and Laal Singh Chaddha were big-budget failures, and while the former was severely criticised upon its release in 2018, Laal Singh Chaddha received fairly positive reviews upon its theatrical release.

Previously, Shah Rukh Khan went on a four-year hiatus after the failure of his film Zero. He will return to starring roles next year, after a series of cameo appearances in 2022.