From battling depression to effects of parent’s divorce: Everything your need to know about Aamir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan – Times of India
Birth History
Ira Khan was born on August 17, 1997 to Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Junaid Khan is her elder brother who will be soon making his Bollywood debut, tentatively in filmmaker Siddharth P Malhotra’s untitled project. Going by the zodiac, the star kid is a true-blue Leo.
Family tree
While Aamir Khan is now married to filmmaker Kiran Rao, Ira is the half-sibling of the couple’s son, Azad Rao Khan. Actor Imran Khan who has reportedly left acting, is Ira’s cousin brother.
Education
The celeb kid completed her schooling at Dhirubhai Ambani International School. Later Ira attended University College Utrecht to study music. Besides, Ira is a tattoo artist and her hobbies include singing and reading. Her favourite travel destination is believed to be Moscow. She is an avid animal lover.
Love life
Currently, Ira is dating her fitness coach Nupur Shikhare since 2019. She made her relationship Insta official with a heartfelt post this Valentine’s week and shared several adorable pictures with her boyfriend.
BFF
Ira’s close friends from the industry include ‘Dangal’ girl Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor.
Battling with mental health
On World Mental Health Day the 23-year-old revealed her battle with clinical depression and how being a celebrity doesn’t make the illness any less grave. She shared a 10-minute video on Instagram, wherein she highlighted that her parents’ divorce and a traumatizing sexual assault in her teenage years made it difficult for her to open up while growing up.
Career
On the Bollywood front, unlike her father Aamir Khan, Ira depicts no interest in acting. In fact, Ira has already marked her directorial debut with a theatrical adaption of Euripides’ Medea starring Hazel Keech alongside her brother Junaid Khan in the lead role. It was premiered in several cities all over India in 2019 and even garnered positive responses from the audience.