Bollywood star Aamir Khan wants to keep acting

The Manila Times

Bollywood star Aamir Khan wants to keep acting  During the Covid-19 pandemic, Bollywood superstar and filmmaker Aamir Khan considered quitting cinema for good after dominating the Indian film industry for more than four decades. "I suddenly felt that I had spent all of my adult life in this magical world of cinema," he tells AFP in London. "And I perhaps not spent enough time with people I'm really close to." However, his family, including two children, eventually convinced him not to retire. Now, turning 60 in March, Khan hopes to "encourage new talent" through his company Aamir Khan Productions.  AFP VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #aamirkhan #bollywood

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00:00Hello, this is Mr. Akshata from D&D.

00:04Hi.

00:05Nice to meet you.

00:06Akshata.

00:07Akshata.

00:08How are you doing?

00:11I have a mic here.

00:13I just love the journey that these two girls had.

00:19It's wonderful, I guess.

00:21I know you've been asked this but I feel like everyone is just so curious about it.

00:25She's a really wonderful person and someone I'm really close to.

00:29While we may not...

00:32And about six months later, maybe eight months later, my kids...

00:37In my head I quit and then I did.

00:41Yeah.

00:42Like La Pata Ladies, for example.

00:44So I'd like to produce a lot more films where I'm not acting.

00:47And be a platform.

00:48It's a film which has a lot of humour.

00:51Unlike Taare Zameen Par, which was very...

00:54And it's kind of...

00:56Were they ahead of their time?

00:57I think they were just at the right time.

01:00That's not how I've done a single film.

01:05I like to...

01:06Mental responsibility as an entertainer or as a creative person is to entertain.

01:10When a person buys a cinema, they should react to it.

01:12I know how I react to it.

01:14I'm hoping that the audience should react in a similar way.

01:17Oh well, it's too early to talk about it.

01:20But it's a film which is, you know...

01:23She's a really wonderful person.

01:25And someone I'm really close to.

01:27And while we may not be husband and wife anymore.

01:30But we're still family.

01:31We're really close.

01:32I really respect her intelligence.

01:35Her creativity.

01:37Her aesthetic.

01:39And just the kind of person she is.

01:42She's such a lovely person.

01:46Because it was in the middle of COVID.

01:48And I was sitting alone and thinking of a lot of things.

01:50And I suddenly felt that I had spent all of my adult life in this magical world of cinema.

01:58And I've perhaps not spent enough time with people I'm really close to.

02:06My family.

02:07My mom.

02:08My kids.

02:09My...

02:10Kiran and Reena.

02:12When I was married to her.

02:14So I felt...

02:15I also was thinking that I would like to use my production hours

02:19as a platform to encourage new talent.

02:22Writers.

02:23Directors.

02:24You know...

02:25Technicians.

02:26Actors.

02:27Who I feel...

02:28Kind of...

02:29Whose sensibility is close to mine.

02:32And they want to tell stories which affect me.

02:36Like Laapata Ladies for example.

02:38So I'd like to produce a lot more films where I'm not acting.

02:41And be a platform for young talent that I believe in.

02:45I think humour is a great way to convey a lot of...

02:48Sometimes difficult and important thoughts and issues.

02:53And it's also fun.

02:55Humour is fun for us to make.

02:57For people to watch.

03:02But humour is not the only genre that I'd like to stick to.

03:07There'll be different kinds of stories that I believe in.

03:11Which I hope to produce.

03:14I like the...

03:15I like...

03:16That...

03:17The story should emerge from the writer.

03:20And then...

03:22As a producer or as an actor I come in at the right time.

03:26When I deserve to.

03:28And when I'm...

03:29You know...

03:30Appropriate for the film.

03:33So I like things to happen organically.

03:35And I also believe that my fundamental responsibility as an entertainer

03:40or as a creative person is to entertain.

03:43I'm usually very relieved if I manage to make a film the way I set out to.

03:48Because sometimes...

03:49You know filmmaking is a very difficult...

03:53Filmmaking is a difficult activity.

03:57Telling a story through so many art forms which come together to form cinema.

04:02It's the youngest art form.

04:03It uses all other previous art forms to tell a story.

04:07So it's a difficult medium.

04:09And...

04:10Complicated and complex.

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