Journo calls Aamir Khan ‘senior citizen’ during 60th birthday meet and greet, actor says…

Aamir Khan celebrated his upcoming 60th birthday while rejecting the senior citizen label.

Published on: Mar 13, 2025, 17:13:42 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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Aamir Khan is rejecting the senior citizen tag, thank you very much. The actor celebrated his upcoming 60th birthday on Friday with a special meet and greet with the media in Mumbai on Thursday. There, as someone tried to assign him the senior citizen tag, he politely refused it.

Aamir Khan feasts on a piece of cake during his birthday celebrations.

Aamir Khan still feels 16

A journalist asked Aamir about becoming a ‘senior citizen’ this year. Aamir said that he actually still feels 16-17. He even joked that if someone calls him that, he’d call the 30-year-olds uncles too.

Aamir Khan turns 60

Aamir has been working in the Hindi Film Industry for about 40 years now. He made his debut with Holi in 1984. He then starred in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.

Aamir, along with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, turns 60 this year.

Recently, a film festival in his honour was announced. Aamir Khan: Cinema Ka Jadugar will screen some of the actor's best films in theatres once again.

The festival which aims to honour Aamir's contribution to Indian cinema, will commence on the actor's 60th birthday, March 14 and will run till March 27 across PVR INOX theatres in the country.

Films to be screened under the "Aamir Khan: Cinema Ka Jadugar" are "Dangal", "3 Idiots", "Lagaan", "Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke", "Raja Hindustani", "Ghajini", "Akele Hum Akele Tum", "Andaz Apna Apna", "PK", "Dhoom 3", "Rang De Basanti", "Ghulam", "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak", "Secret Superstar", "Laal Singh Chadha", "Taare Zameen Par", "Sarfarosh", "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar", Talaash", "Fanaa", "Dil Chahta Hai" and "Dil".

Aamir will next star in "Sitaare Zameen Par" which is a sequel to his 2007 movie "Taare Zameen Par”, that marked his directorial debut and received critical acclaim.

The film will, however, have a fresh story and characters. It is expected to release this year.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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