CNN Central News & Network-ITDC India Epress / ITDC News Bhopal: Kiran Rao says she did not break Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta’s marriage, even though people assume she was the other woman.
Kiran Rao has said that her romance with ex-husband Aamir Khan ‘absolutely didn’t’ start while they worked together on Lagaan (2001), although it is assumed that she caused his divorce from Reena Dutta. In an interview with Zoom, Kiran clarified that she began dating Aamir while assisting Ashutosh Gowariker during the making of Swades (2004), when Aamir was working on Mangal Pandey. Also read: Kiran Rao says she is still referred to as ‘Aamir Khan’s wife’
Kiran clarifies she wasn’t dating Aamir during Lagaan.
Kiran Rao said, “Lots of people think that Aamir and I connected on Lagaan, we absolutely didn’t. Aamir and I got together during Swades, he was going to shoot Mangal Pandey at the time. We had just shot a couple of commercials with Ashutosh Gowariker for Coke and that is where Aamir and I reconnected. 3-4 years after Lagaan. I wasn’t in touch with him. In fact, on Lagaan, I barely spoke to him. I was actually seeing somebody else during Lagaan. When Aamir and I started going out in 2004, everybody thought that this started when we were shooting for Lagaan and this caused the divorce, which was not the fact.”
Reveals she and Aamir started dating after his divorce
Aamir and Reena Dutta ended their marriage in 2002, a year after the release of Lagaan. Speaking about how she and Aamir went for couple’s counselling after marriage, Kiran added, “When you marry someone, who has been in another relationship, there is a baggage that you bring that will affect your relationship. I strongly recommend couple’s counselling. Aamir and I did couple’s counselling. It becomes a neutral ground where you talk about your needs, how you see the other person and that was very beneficial to me. It helped that Aamir and I agreed that we both have to be honest with each other, whatever be the case.”