Aamir turns 52

No one can beat Aamir Khan when it comes to box office games, or to the diversity in the roles he selects. While his closest competitors, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, have often been accused of playing the same roles again and again, you cannot say the same for Mr Perfectionist. If he has done silly escapist movies like Dhoom 3 and PK, he has also done some IMDB breaking stuff like Dangal, Rang De Basanti and Lagaan. The man really knows how to choose his projects and turn them into big money spinners, something that every Bollywood actor should learn from. Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan, who turned 52 on March 14, says he is looking forward to working with megastar Amitabh Bachchan in Thugs of Hindostan this year. His other movie Secret Superstar will hit the screens on August 4. He also spoke on nepotism and on the freedom of expression at a cake-cutting ceremony. Aamir spoke like an excited child about how his mother has prepared his favourite “seekh kebab” for his birthday. So, he is hoping for some quality time with the family. Aamir who used to be a regular at Salman Khan’s residence, Galaxy apartments has now been spotted hobnobbing with King Khan instead. The two recently met socially at PVR’s chairman and managing director, Ajay Bijli’s birthday party in Dubai, and two days ago Shah Rukh Khan invited Aamir to his mansion Mannat which also saw Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in attendance. Their pictures were quick to go viral on social media, but Aamir insisted that no film collaborations are on cards. Having taken up a lot of social causes, from corruption to female infanticide and even honour killings and domestic violence on his issue-based chat show Satyamev Jayate, Aamir Khan is now focusing on water conservation and watershed management, across 30 administrative divisions in Maharashtra. But does this social work, and community service encourage him to delve into politics? “No, no, no, politics is not for me I feel that there is a lot I can contribute staying in the creative field that I am in and as an artist, as a creative person, there is a lot I can contribute to society, to the nation, and I would like to do that from where I am. I don’t want to change that,” confessed Aamir. The actor has many friends and fans in B-town, and this is how they wished the birthday boy. Karan Johar, Ritesh Deshmukh, Dia Mirza, Diana Penty and many more.