Aamir Khan recalls his financial struggles while growing up, gave prize money by playing tennis to his mom to buy clothes, shoes: 'There was no income at home for eight years'

may be considered one of the highest paid actors in the country, however, did you know that he grew up amidst financial struggles. His father
was a well-known producer and Aamir said in an interview that in those days, producers would really struggle to make ends meet, thus, he grew up around around financial struggles at home.
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The actor said in an interview on Raj Shamani's podcast, "There were a lot of financial problems at home. Usually, people think film producers have a lot of money. There's no truth to that. Most producers struggle a lot to make ends meet. There was a film of Abba jaan (father), Locket, which took eight years to make. There were problems with the actors' dates so the film, which was supposed to finish in one or one and a half years, stretched to eight years.
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He further revealed, "There was no income at home for eight years. Because Abba jaan had taken a loan, and the interest was top-level at 36%, there was a very long rough patch in the middle." Thus his father was stuck amidst a cycle of debts.
The '3 Idiots' actor said that he used to play tennis and thus, gave his prize money to his mom. "I used to play competitive tennis then. Since I knew there's stress at home, I'd keep whatever prize money I won with my Ammi (mother) and tell her if she wants to buy any of my stuff, like shoes or clothes, she should buy from that money. When I'm saying all this, I'm realising I became responsible from a very young age."
On work front, Aamir will be seen next in 'Sitaare Zameen Par', set to release on June 20. He was last seen in 'Laal Singh Chaddha'.

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