Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao announce divorce: A look back at their life together

Aamir met Kiran Rao on the sets of 'Lagaan' in 2001 when she was one of the assistant directors to Ashutosh Gowariker. The couple got married in 2005 and welcomed their first son Azad Rao Khan through surrogacy in 2011.

“Kiran was one of the ADs (assistant directors) on that but at that time, we didn’t have any relationship, we were not even great friends. She was one of the people on the unit. It was after my separation and divorce after some time that I met her again." Aamir said

Three years after his divorce from first wife, Aamir tied the knot with Kiran on December 28, 2005. The couple had an intimate function for friends and family at his farmhouse in Panchgani.

The couple welcomed their first son Azad Rao Khan through surrogacy in 2011.

After the divorce they will raise their son together, ''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," the statement further read.

In 2015, Aamir "leaving India" comments sparked the major controversy. In an award function, Khan said that he was affected by a number of incidents taking place in the country and that his wife Kiran even suggested that they should probably leave the country. 

"When I chat with Kiran at home, she says, 'should we move out of India?' That's a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make. She fears for her child. She fears what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers every day. That does indicate that there is this sense of growing disquiet, there is growing despondency apart from alarm,"

Later, after a huge controversy kicked up, Khan come out and clarified, '"I never said India was intolerant or I wanted to leave the country. I also understand the emotions of those who were hurt. I would like to say that my statement was misunderstood and to some extent media is responsible for it. I was born here and I will die here,"
 

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao have decided to go their separate ways after 15 years of marriage. On Saturday (July 3, 2021), the couple announced their divorce with a joint statement. 

In the statement, they revealed that they had begun a planned separation a while ago and finally announcing it formally now. 

After the smashing hit of 'Dangal', rumours of a romance between Mr Perfectionist Aamir and his co-star Fatima Sana Shaikh were doing rounds as they both have been hanging around quite a lot back then. 

Responding to the claims, Fatima said, “Earlier, I used to get affected. I’d feel bad. Because I’ve never dealt with anything of this sort at such a big level. A bunch of strangers, whom I’ve never met, are writing things about me. They don’t even know if there’s any truth to it. People reading it assume that I’m ‘not a good person’. You feel like telling that person, ‘Ask me, I’ll give you an answer’. It disturbs me because I don’t want people to assume wrong things. But I’ve learnt to ignore it. Yet, there are some days when I do get affected.”

Before Kiran, the Aamir was first married to Reena Dutta. They were together for 16 years and later got divorced in 2002 and Reena took custody of both children.  Khan has a daughter Ira and son Junaid from his first marriage. 

Aamir talked about complicated marriage with Reena on Karan Johar’s chat show 'Koffee With Karan' season 6. He had revealed that their divorce was “traumatic" for both Reena and their family but he is “glad" that he spent 16 years of his life with her.