Aamir Khan said there was a brief period during the last two years when he thought of quitting films. The 57-year-old made the revelation during an ABP Network’s Ideas of India Summit. “When I became an actor, I thought to myself that my family is there with me only and I took them for granted and I went on a journey to win the hearts of the audience. When you are starting out, you do tend to work a lot harder, but then I was working like this for 30-35 years.
“I was selfish, I was thinking about myself. I was there with my children but not the way I should have been. Now, I am doing it. I have realised this now at the age of 56-57. I wonder what would have happened if I realised it at the age of 86, at least now I can rectify. I don’t know what my children want, so that is the big problem.”
He added that he was very angry and that anger came out towards cinema. “I felt it (cinema) took me away from my family. I told my family, I will quit, not act, produce films. I told them I want to be with you all. It was responsive anger. My family was shocked,” Aamir said.
The actor revealed he initially decided to not speak about his thought of bidding adieu to cinema as he believed some people might perceive it as a marketing tool for his next film 'Laal Singh Chadha.'
In all of this, Aamir said, three months passed and his children explained to him not to become “an extreme” person and rather try to find a balance in life. “My kids and Kiran ji explained to me I am doing the wrong thing. Kiran got rather emotional and said films reside inside me. So, a lot happened in two years, I quit the industry and came back,” he said.
