Aamir Khan hired my security agency employees for his personal security, says Ronit Roy: ‘Dahej mein le gaye voh’

Ronit Roy recalled the time when Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar and Akshay Kumar continued to pay for security services, despite the pandemic.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | Updated: July 15, 2025 05:57 PM IST

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Ronit Roy gained popularity in the early 2000s when his characters in various Balaji Telefilms’ shows became houshold names but, before Ronit made it big, he went through a rough patch where his movie career had tanked, and he was struggling. During this time, Ronit started his security agency and trained his first batch of employees himself. In a recent interview, Ronit shared that the 12 people who were his first employees have their own teams now. He shared that he has been successfully running his business for many years now but during the pandemic, when many stars stopped using his services, only three stars continued to pay despite the circumstances – Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Karan Johar.

In a chat with Hindi Rush, Ronit shared that he got his first training from a team that was visiting from Israel, and the second round of training happened with his employees with a team from South Africa. He shared that he would be on the field with his first team of 12 people, who were eventually poached by some film celebrities. When asked if he still works with the original team, he said, “Jin stars ke sath the unhi ke sath hain, par maine dahej mein de diye unko, ya dahej mein le gaye voh (They are still working with the same celebrities. I gave them as a gift, or they took them away)”.

Ronit also provided security for Aamir Khan when he recieved some threats in the late 1990s, and shared that those same set of people continue to protect Aamir, even though they don’t work with him anymore. “Uski saare abhi jo ladke hain, sab ke sab mere hain (All the people in his team, they were my employees before.)”

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Ronit also spoke about the Covid-19 pandemic when the world came to a standstill, and so many celebrities stopped using security services. Following this, there was a significant decrease in the money that came into the company. But, Ronit shared that Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar and Akshay Kumar continued to pay through the pandemic even though they were not obligated to do so.

“Almost immediately, everyone stopped their services. There were only three people who did not discontinue the services. They said ‘it’s okay, we will continue to pay’ – Amitabh Bachchan, Karan Johar and Akshay Kumar. They paid throughout Covid,” he shared as he recalled that he had a long list of employees at the time. “No one knew about Covid so it wasnt anyone’s fault. Those who decided to wait for the pandemic to get over, they were also not wrong because these were unpredictable times. I am so grateful to the three of them . They took care of 30-35 percent of my workforce, the rest, we managed,” he shared.

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