Ira Khan on Pressure of being a Star Kid: It doesn’t Bother me

Aamir Khan’s daughter, Ira Khan talks about the pressure of constantly being under the public eye, her directorial debut project and why the acting plans can wait for her...

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Quite recently, Bollywood has been buzzing with budding star kids. Right from Janhvi Kapoor to Ananya Panday, the young stars have constantly been making headlines. One such notable star kid who often marks her presence under the limelight is Aamir Khan’s daughter, Ira Khan

Ira talks about the pressure of being a celebrity kid and says that she understands what it means to be constantly under the public eye, but further states that she doesn’t let it bother her.

"I feel our parents handled us well as children. So, I don't feel a lot of pressure. I am aware of what it means, but I don't feel pressured by it," Ira told IANS while talking about the pressures of being a star kid.

Talking about the perpetual scrutiny in her personal life, she says she is aware of it and has normalized herself to the media glare. "I spent (most of) my life away from it. Now, since I got older it has increased and since (the time) I decided to make my social media account public, it has increased. I have normalized myself to it. It is a part of my life. It doesn't bother me and I am just aware of it," said the 22-year-old.

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Ira has made her career choices clean from the beginning stating that her interest lies with filmmaking and not acting. And, she took all her fans with a pleasant surprise when she announced that she will be marking her directorial debut with not a movie but with a Greek tragedy play titled ‘Euripides’ Medea’. The play stars Aamir's son Junaid Khan and Hazel Keech among others.

Spilling details about her directorial project, Ira says, "There wasn't any particular reason why I picked theatre first and not a movie. I want to do both of them in my life. I just happen to be working backstage and I saw the stage and I thought let's do this. There was no particular reason why I wanted to do a play first and not a movie.”

Talking about the play, Ira said, "I haven't changed the play a lot. I cut out some bits and made it slightly shorter but essentially I have kept it the same. We are doing shows in Mumbai and Bengaluru, and we are going to see how it goes. We are hoping to go to some other cities as well."

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However, she has no plans for paving her way into the movies. She says "So I wanted to be in it to tell the stories well and it excites me to see the effect it has on people. I like doing lots of things. When you are acting, you just act and I want to do lots of things so I like working behind the stage and be a part of everything."

She further adds, "I am not very good at it. I am shy and conscious. I am sure I can fix that. I can learn to act if I want to but there is the way to many things that I want to do in my life, so I don't have time for that right now."

Ira is Aamir Khan's daughter with his first wife Reena Dutta and often posts pictures with her darling daddy that is always a delight to watch.

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