Two divorces. Three women. One blended family that somehow actually works. And at 60 years old, Aamir Khan just admitted something most Bollywood actors would never say out loud: he didn’t think he’d find love again. But he did. With someone he’s known for 25 years.
Gauri Spratt. That’s the name Aamir introduced to the media earlier this year as his girlfriend. Not in some elaborate Instagram announcement. Not through paparazzi photos at airport. Just a straightforward introduction that said: this is someone important in my life. And then, at a recent HT event, he opened up about exactly how important she is and what she brings to his life that he wasn’t expecting to find.
“She brings a lot of calm, she brings a lot of steadiness.”
That’s not typical Bollywood romance language. No “she completes me.” No “love of my life.” Just calm and steadiness. And somehow, that’s more powerful than any dramatic declaration. Because at 60, after two marriages that didn’t work out, after being one of India’s biggest superstars for decades, calm and steadiness might be exactly what matters most.
But here’s what makes Aamir’s story different from every other celebrity relationship reveal: he talked about his ex-wives with the same warmth, respect, and gratitude he showed for his current girlfriend. Reena Dutta, his first wife. Kiran Rao, his second. And now Gauri Spratt. Three women who, in his words, “have really contributed to me as a person in a very big way.”
No bitterness. No blame. No carefully worded PR statements that say nothing while implying everything. Just honest acknowledgment that marriages ending doesn’t mean relationships have to end. That being family doesn’t require being married. And that at 60, finding someone who brings calm to your life is worth celebrating, especially when you weren’t looking for it.
Share this with your relationship-focused friend because Aamir Khan just gave a masterclass in mature love and respectful co-parenting that Bollywood rarely sees.
The 25-Year Friendship That Became Love
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Aamir Khan and Gauri Spratt have known each other for 25 years. That’s not a whirlwind romance. That’s a quarter century of friendship that somehow, sometime recently, became something more.
The details of how they met or what their friendship looked like over those 25 years haven’t been publicly shared. But the timeline is significant. Twenty-five years ago was 2000. Aamir was married to Reena Dutta then, two years before their 2002 divorce. Which means Gauri was part of his life through his first divorce, through his marriage to Kiran Rao in 2005, through that divorce in 2021, and through whatever personal journey he took afterward.
She watched his life from friendship’s perspective. Saw the marriages. The divorces. The public scrutiny. The professional triumphs and personal challenges. And through all of it, they remained friends. Until recently, when friendship became something deeper.
That foundation matters. Because falling in love at 60 after two failed marriages requires trust that’s difficult to build quickly. But when you’ve known someone for 25 years, that trust already exists. You’ve seen each other through enough life to know who the person actually is rather than who they present themselves to be in early relationship stages.
Aamir’s admission that he wasn’t expecting to find love reveals vulnerability that’s rare in Bollywood. “I think I had reached a point where I felt I probably wouldn’t be able to find someone who can be my partner. I was not expecting it.”
That’s resignation. Acceptance that maybe romantic partnership just wasn’t part of his future anymore. And then Gauri proved him wrong. Not by being dramatic or making grand gestures. But by bringing calm and steadiness to his life.
Reena Dutta: The Woman He Grew Up With
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Aamir married Reena Dutta in 1986. He was young. She was young. They grew up together through 16 years of marriage that produced two children, Ira Khan and Junaid Khan, and eventually ended in divorce in 2002.
The way Aamir talks about Reena reveals something important about how he processes relationships. “Reena is an amazing person. She’s someone I have grown up with. I have spent 16 years with her, and the fact that we fell apart as husband and wife does not mean we fell apart as human beings.”
That distinction between falling apart as spouses versus falling apart as people is crucial. Many divorced couples conflate the two. The marriage failed, therefore the relationship failed, therefore we have nothing left. Aamir and Reena rejected that logic. The marriage failed. The relationship changed form. But the fundamental respect and care remained.
“There is a lot of love and respect in my heart for Reena and I truly value the time that I’ve spent with her,” Aamir said. Not past tense love. Present tense. Love that exists now, shaped by 16 years of shared history and two children they’re raising even after divorce.
He emphasized that they were “both very young when we married.” That context matters. People change dramatically from their 20s through their 30s and 40s. The person you are at 25 when you marry might be fundamentally different from the person you are at 40. That doesn’t make the marriage a mistake. It makes it a chapter that ended when the people involved outgrew the structure they’d built together.
“She’s a fantastic person. So when we had our differences and we parted, I think we didn’t part as human beings because we didn’t feel like, I guess.”
The “we didn’t feel like” part is telling. They could have. Many divorced couples do. They choose to make clean breaks, minimize contact, interact only through lawyers or about logistics. Aamir and Reena chose differently. They chose to remain in each other’s lives because the connection was deeper than just marital status.
Don’t skip this next section because the Kiran Rao relationship reveals even more about how Aamir approaches love and partnership.
Kiran Rao: From Love To Family
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Aamir married Kiran Rao in 2005, three years after his divorce from Reena. Kiran is a filmmaker, someone who understood his industry and the pressures that come with being Aamir Khan. They had a son, Azad, and from the outside, seemed like strong partnership between creative equals.
But in 2021, they announced their divorce. And again, Aamir’s way of talking about it reveals his philosophy about relationships. “I think Kiran is an amazing person and she and I decided to part ways as husband and wife, but we are family. And I’m not kidding when I say that. I really mean it, we are family.”
The emphasis on “I’m not kidding” and “I really mean it” suggests he knows people don’t believe that divorced couples can actually be family. But he’s insisting on it because it’s his truth. Kiran isn’t just his ex-wife and the mother of his child. She’s family in the fullest sense of that word.
“So Kiran, her parents, my family, Reena, her parents, we are all actually one family.”
That’s the truly remarkable part. Not just maintaining relationship with one ex-wife. But integrating both ex-wives, their extended families, and his current girlfriend into one blended family unit that actually functions. Reena’s parents. Kiran’s parents. His family. All considering themselves one family despite two divorces.
This doesn’t happen by accident. It requires intentional choices by everyone involved. It requires checking egos at the door. It requires prioritizing children’s wellbeing and family cohesion over personal hurt or resentment. It requires emotional maturity that’s rare in any context, let alone in Bollywood where public image and gossip complicate everything.
Aamir’s statement that “it shows we are good people” isn’t arrogance. It’s recognition that maintaining these relationships requires goodness from everyone involved. From him. From Reena. From Kiran. From their families. Good people choosing to be good to each other even after marriages end.
What Gauri Spratt Brings That He Wasn’t Looking For
At 60, after two divorces, Aamir had apparently made peace with being single. Not in a bitter “I’m done with relationships” way. But in an accepting “maybe partnership just isn’t in my cards” way. And then Gauri happened.
“Oh! She brings a lot of calm, she brings a lot of steadiness. She’s a really amazing person and I’m so fortunate actually and lucky I feel that I met her.”
Calm and steadiness. For someone whose life has been defined by perfectionism, by obsessive attention to every detail of his work, by public scrutiny of his every move, calm and steadiness are probably exactly what he needs. Not someone who matches his intensity. Someone who balances it. Who brings peace to the chaos.
The gratitude in his words is palpable. “I’m so fortunate…and lucky.” This isn’t someone taking a relationship for granted. This is someone who knows how rare it is to find partnership that actually works, especially later in life after previous attempts failed.
His broader reflection ties Gauri into the context of his previous relationships rather than positioning her as replacement or upgrade. “While our marriages may not have worked, until our lives did, but I think I’m still very happy that I met Reena, Kiran and now Gauri in my life. There have been three people who have really contributed to me as a person in a very big way. I really look up to them in many ways.”
Three women. Three meaningful relationships. Each contributing something essential to who he became. Reena helped him grow up. Kiran was his creative equal. Gauri brings calm and steadiness. None of them are interchangeable. Each served a purpose in his life’s journey. And he’s grateful for all of them, including the two marriages that ended.
That gratitude despite divorce is mature in ways that most people, celebrity or not, struggle to achieve. It’s easy to look back on ended relationships with regret or bitterness. To focus on what went wrong rather than what was valuable. Aamir is choosing differently. He’s acknowledging that the marriages didn’t work while simultaneously valuing what each relationship taught him and contributed to his life.
Share this with your divorced friend because this is exactly the kind of perspective that allows people to move forward without carrying resentment.
The Blended Family That Actually Works
The most remarkable aspect of Aamir’s romantic history isn’t any individual relationship. It’s how he’s managed to maintain genuine family connections with both ex-wives, their extended families, and integrate his current girlfriend into that structure.
Think about the logistics. Family gatherings that include both ex-wives. Children who have easy relationships with both biological parents and stepparents. Extended families that consider each other family despite divorces. That doesn’t happen accidentally. It requires:
Communication. Constant, open dialogue between all parties about boundaries, expectations, and needs. Not just between Aamir and his exes, but between the exes themselves, between all the parents and children, between extended families.
Prioritizing children. Ira Khan and Junaid Khan are adults now, but they grew up in this blended family structure. Azad is younger. All three benefit from not having to choose between parents or navigate hostile relationships between them.
Checking egos. Jealousy, insecurity, and ego could easily destroy this arrangement. But everyone involved has apparently chosen to manage those feelings for the greater good of the family unit.
Respecting boundaries. Being family doesn’t mean being intrusive. There are surely boundaries about what’s shared, what’s private, and how much interaction is appropriate. Those boundaries have to be respected consistently.
Genuine care. This only works if the care between Aamir and his exes is genuine rather than performed for public consumption. You can’t fake family dynamics long-term.
The fact that Aamir can introduce his current girlfriend into this existing family structure suggests that Reena and Kiran are secure enough in their relationships with him to not feel threatened by Gauri’s presence. That their children are comfortable with their father being in a new relationship. That extended families have adapted to unconventional structure.
In Indian society where divorce still carries stigma and blended families are less common than in some Western contexts, what Aamir’s family has built is even more remarkable. They’re modeling a different way of handling divorce that prioritizes connection over separation, collaboration over conflict, and family over formality.
The Career Context: Love During Professional Transitions
Aamir was last seen in Sitaare Zameen Par, RS Prasanna’s sports comedy drama. The film marked his return to acting after focusing on other projects and productions. He has three films in the pipeline: Mere Raho, Happy Patel Khatarnak Jasoos, and Lahore 1947.
The timing of finding love during professional transitions is significant. Aamir’s at a point in his career where he’s choosing projects more carefully. Where he’s balancing acting with production. Where he’s not chasing stardom anymore because he’s already been at the top. That professional security and maturity probably contributes to his readiness for relationship.
When you’re frantically building a career, relationship needs often take backseat. When you’re secure professionally, you have space and energy to invest in personal life. At 60, Aamir has nothing left to prove professionally. He’s free to focus on what actually matters: relationships, family, and finding calm and steadiness with someone who’s been in his life for 25 years.
What This Reveals About Modern Love And Mature Relationships
Strip away the celebrity context and Aamir’s story is increasingly common. People divorcing in their 40s or 50s. Navigating co-parenting. Eventually finding new relationships. The difference is how he’s handled it with grace, respect, and genuine commitment to maintaining family bonds despite changed circumstances.
His story offers lessons:
Divorce doesn’t have to be war. The marriages ended but the relationships evolved into something else that still holds value.
Being good to your exes is possible. It requires intentionality but the benefits for everyone involved, especially children, are worth the effort.
Love at any age is possible. Even when you’ve stopped expecting it. Even after multiple failed attempts.
Calm and steadiness matter more than passion. Especially as you get older and know yourself better.
Gratitude for past relationships is healthy. Even when they didn’t work out as intended.
Aamir Khan finding love at 60 with someone he’s known for 25 years while maintaining genuine family relationships with both ex-wives isn’t just a feel-good celebrity story. It’s a template for how mature adults can handle complicated relationship histories with grace.
Drop a comment: Do you believe exes can truly be family or is Aamir’s situation unique to celebrity wealth and resources? Would you want this kind of blended family dynamic? What’s your take on finding love after 60? Share this with everyone who needs to see that divorce doesn’t have to destroy families and that love at any age, when you’re not even looking for it, is possible when you’re emotionally mature enough to recognize calm and steadiness as valuable as passion.
Follow for updates on Aamir Khan’s upcoming films, more insights into how his blended family navigates holidays and celebrations, and whether Gauri Spratt will make more public appearances with him. Because when a 60-year-old superstar admits he wasn’t expecting love, introduces a girlfriend he’s known for 25 years, and speaks about two ex-wives with genuine warmth and gratitude while everyone considers themselves one family despite two divorces, it’s not just relationship news. It’s proof that emotional maturity, mutual respect, and prioritizing what actually matters can create family structures that transcend traditional definitions and that finding calm and steadiness at any age is worth celebrating even when you thought that chapter of your life was closed.
