Kiran Rao Says Divorce From Aamir Khan Has Made Her 'Very Happy': 'It Has Been Only Good Stuff'

Kiran Rao has openly discussed her relationship with ex-husband and Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on several occasions. The couple, who shocked many with their separation three years ago, continue to maintain a strong friendship and co-parent their son. Recently, they even collaborated to direct and produce Laapataa Ladies, which received positive responses from both critics and audience. In a recent interview on the Faye D’Souza Show, she opened up the divorce.

“I feel relationships need to be redefined from time to time because we change as human beings as we grow. We need different things and this (divorce) is what I felt would make me happy and has made me very happy, honestly,” Kiran said on the Faye D’Souza Show, adding that it is a “very happy divorce.”

Kiran said that before Aamir, she had been single for a long time and enjoyed her independence. She mentioned that while she had felt lonely before, she doesn’t feel that way anymore because of her son, Azad. “I think loneliness is the only thing that most people are a bit worried about when they get divorced or lose a partner. I haven’t felt lonely at all. In fact, I am supported by both families, his family and mine. So, actually, it has been only good stuff. It’s been a very happy divorce,” she said.

She said that there is no love lost between her and Aamir. “There’s a lot of love, lot of respect, there’s a lot of shared history, shared laughs, shared ideology, there’s lots of things that we look for in each other. So, I didn’t want to lose that. When I was secure enough to say, ‘Yeah, we don’t need the paper to say that we are married but we know what we mean to each other’… This is a partnership which will stand the test of time despite the divorce,” Kiran said.