Aamir Khan gets teary-eyed, reveals he felt a ‘deep sense of loss’: ‘Have lost relationships…’

Sometimes, even perfectionists can falter and have an emotional breakdown. Superstar Aamir Khan, who is known to be dignified and composed, recently opened up on the dangers of being a workaholic and being dedicated to work and neglecting his family. The PK star, who was in Singapore for the Singapore International Film Festival, was seen having an emotional breakdown, and he confessed that during the height of epiphany, he had “worked like a madman” and felt a deep sense of loss,

“When I was sitting during COVID, I was thinking… I said, you know, about 30 years of my life have passed… And it’s okay to work like a madman, completely obsessed with what you’re doing for one year, two years, five years. But if it goes on for 30 years, I mean, you’ve lost your relationships. Your kids have grown up; they’re adults now. So I felt a deep sense of loss,” he said.

He also added that though this realisation left him emotionally devastated, he also revealed he was relieved this epiphany came to him at 56 rather than 86.


The 3 Idiots star also said how he became selective about the number of films he did. He said that at the beginning of his career, following the success of his debut, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, he decided to sign up for multiple films, and a lot of them underperformed at the box office, and he was also labelled as a “one-film wonder".

"At that time, mentally and emotionally, I felt like I was in quicksand. I’m sinking slowly, and the more I’m struggling to get out, the deeper I’m going,” he said.

Khan was last seen in the sports drama Sitaare Zameen Par. The movie, which was a spiritual successor to the 2007 hit Taare Zameen Par, became a major hit and earned Rs 266 crore at the worldwide box office.