26, Jan 2016

Aamir Khan said that he never wanted to leave the country and his comments were taken out of context.
Written by Sonup Sahadevan | Mumbai | Updated: January 26, 2016 4:54 pm
Aamir Khan said that he never wanted to leave the country and his comments were taken out of context.
Actor Aamir Khan on Monday said that he “never thought about leaving the country” and that he was “born in India and will die in India”.
At an event to mark the 10th anniversary of Rang De Basanti, he said, “Some people could understand me and some couldn’t. Those who are hurt, I can understand their feelings. I would have been hurt had I been in their place because they were told something that was not true. They were told Aamir wants to leave the country. Let me tell you that I never said this. I was born in India and I will die in India. I never thought about leaving the country. Neither Kiran (Rao, his wife) nor will I think about it. In fact, when I stay away from the country for two weeks, I get homesick.”
Speaking at the Ramnath Goenka awards last November, Khan had said, “There is a sense of fear more than there was earlier. I do feel there is a sense of insecurity. When I sit at home and talk to Kiran. Kiran and I have lived all our lives in India. For the first time, she said, should we move out of India? That’s a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make to me. She fears for her child. She fears about what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open newspapers everyday. That does indicate that there is a sense of growing disquiet… growing sense of despondency. You feel depressed, you feel low… why is it happening? This feeling exists in me too.”