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Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta’s daughter, Ira Khan, has often spoken publicly about her mental health struggles. Aamir and Reena tied the knot in 1986 and ended their 16-year marriage in 2002, when Ira was just five years old. In a conversation with Pinkvilla, Ira opened up about her parents’ reaction to her mental health battles, and how she navigated their divorce.
She shared that both her mom and dad were concerned when she told them that she wasn’t doing well. “I don’t think I told him (father, Aamir) that I was putting it on Instagram. When I told both my parents, they were worried. You don’t figure it out all at the same time. It’s not like I said one sentence and it was over. There was concern because I was studying in the Netherlands, wanting to drop out, so there were a lot of decisions to be made. My dad has put this faith or belief in us that mental health issues are not shameful,” she said.
Ira mentioned that Reena and Aamir never said it out loud, but it’s possible that they blamed themselves for her situation. She added, “I started my medication when I came home in 2018. During that time, I could tell that both of them were extremely worried because they were going on their own fears and tangents. And I was like, ‘I am the child, I need help right now, we can deal with your fears later’. They never said that or openly blamed themselves, but I am sure they felt those things. Even though they know that it’s not in their control, it’s a culmination of many things. I hope they don’t blame themselves.”
When asked how her parents’ divorce affected her, the 27-year-old shared, “My parents’ divorce wasn’t one day, it was something that changed all our lives since that day. Many good and not good things happened since that day, many things happened that we maybe even didn’t know happened.”
Ira added, “We moved out of the house after the divorce. I was 4 when we moved out but we lived very close by, just like 50 metres away. My dad’s job involves a lot of travelling, it’s a little hard to say if shifting houses affected the dynamic. I am sure it did. But, it was fine! My grandmom also lived in the same building, so were were always around there.”
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