Did Aamir Khan And Kiran Rao Marry Due To Parental Pressure? Here's What The 'Laapataa Ladies' Director Has To Say

It바카라�s no surprise that Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan, who were married for 16 years, still remain friends and colleagues even after their separation. And now, in a conversation with She The People, the director of 바카라�Laapataa Ladies바카라� disclosed that they tied the knot due to parental pressure, despite already living together for a year at the time.

While talking about her divorce, the filmmaker revealed, 바카라�I바카라�ve always felt that (marriage as an institution is up for a rethink). Aamir and I lived together for a year before we got married honestly, we did it more because parents and you know바카라� all the rest of it and even at that time we knew that it바카라�s a great institution if you can function as individuals as well as a couple within that institution.바카라�

Kiran Rao, who debuted as a director with 바카라�Dhobi Ghat바카라� in 2010, added that marriage brings many positive aspects, including 바카라�a new family, relationships, and a sense of security and stability.바카라�

바카라�The thing we don바카라�t talk about enough is how marriage tends to stifle, especially women. How you could find perhaps a way to be yourself within the institution. That바카라�s something up for debate and discussion. Esther Perel (American psychologist) has written an amazing book on it, and it바카라�s very interesting. As apes, we were living together. This nuclear family setup is a pressure, and it바카라�s a pressure especially on women. There바카라�s so much responsibility on the women to run the house, keep the family together. In fact, women are expected to keep in touch with the in-laws, to be in touch with your husband바카라�s family. That바카라�s a lot of expectation,바카라� she opined.

The former celebrity couple first met on the sets of Ashutosh Gowariker바카라�s 2001, 바카라�Lagaan,바카라� in which Khan was starring and Rao was Assistant Director. They started dating in 2004 and got married the following year. Despite their divorce in 2021, they co-parent their son, Azad, who they welcomed through surrogacy in 2011.