Kiran Rao has been quite vocal about the modern equation she shares with her ex-husband, Aamir Khan. The duo, who got separated in 2021, continue to remain close friends and each other’s biggest supporters. While they remain the dutiful co-parents for their son, Azad, they have also collaborated for professional work even after their divorce. Moreover, Aamir and Kiran frequently open up about the various aspects of their unique friendship, without hesitating about the past that they had once shared.

Kiran Rao recalls meeting Aamir Khan for the first time in the sets of Lagaan

In a recent interaction on the show, Cyrus Says, Kiran Rao recalled when she crossed paths with her ex-husband, Aamir Khan for the first time. She stated being in the middle of switching jobs when she got a call from the filmmaker, Reema Kagti, asking the former if she could come and help with the costumes and outfits of the film, Lagaan. Explaining how her meeting with Aamir and witnessing first hand, the level of dedication that he puts in his craft, Kiran called it a ‘film school kind’ of experience for her. In her words:

“I was in between jobs when Reema Kagti called me and said there is this happening in Bhuj, do you wan to come? And I was like okay. She was like ‘It’s good, it’s for three months.’ We did for six months. It was a film called Lagaan. Back then, I hadn’t seen a lot of Hindi movies. I didn’t have a reference point to know how different it was in some ways. Aamir was taking a huge risk making this sports film, backing 100 years ago in Awadhi, a different dialect altogether. When I was in-charge of getting all of them into layers and layers of their outfits, it was quite an experience. It was like a film school for me.”