Aamir Khan breaks down reflecting on how his career cost him family time at Singapore Film Festival

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Aamir Khan was recently seen getting emotional onstage at the Singapore International Film Festival. During his appearance on Thursday, the actor recalled the weakest moments of his acting career adding how three decades of nonstop work had cost him years with his family.

Aamir Khan gets the Screen Icon Award

The Bollywood superstar was awarded the festival's Screen Icon Award by renowned Hong Kong-based film director Peter Chan Ho-sun. Accepting the award, Khan expressed gratitude to the festival and said that having Chan present it made the moment special.

"Filmmaking is a collective art form, and a lot of people contribute to each other's work," he said, as quoted by Variety.

Khan, who attended the festival nine years ago with Secret Superstar, also has a 25th anniversary screening of Lagaan, his first film as producer, lined up at the festival.

Aamir Khan gets emotional

The emotional moment came late in the evening. During a session with Singapore comedian Rishi Budhrani, Aamir was asked about the weakest point of his journey.

As per Variety, the actor said, "When I was sitting in COVID, and I was thinking, I said, you know, about 30 years have passed of my life. And it's okay to work like a madman, completely obsessed with what you're doing for one year, two years, five years. But if it goes on for 30 years, I mean, you've lost your relationships. Your kids have grown up; they're adults now. So I felt a deep sense of loss.:

He paused, broke down, apologised, and eventually gathered himself as the audience broke into applause. Whilw wiping his tears, Khan said the experience pushed him to make a major change. "I'm so glad that this thought occurred to me when I was 56 and not when I was 86, when it would be really too late to do anything about it," he said.

During the conversation, he also opened up about being asked whether there would be a sequel to 3 Idiots, to which he said, "Well, I'm not allowed to say a lot. I think I can say this much: yes, Raju is working on the script. In fact, hopefully once I'm back in the next couple of weeks, he's going to narrate the final version to me. So, fingers crossed."