{"id":683396,"date":"2026-05-20T17:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683396\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:16:10","slug":"aamir-khan-after-junaid-khan-sai-pallavis-ek-din-failure-aamir-khan-says-he-slips-into-depression-when-films-flop-it-is-like-losing-a-child-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683396\/","title":{"rendered":"Aamir Khan: After Junaid Khan-Sai Pallavi’s Ek Din failure, Aamir Khan says he slips into depression when films flop: \u2018It is like losing a child\u2019 | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"After Aamir Khan<\/a> has often spoken about the emotional investment he puts into his films, and the superstar has once again opened up about how deeply failures affect him. Known as Bollywood\u2019s \u2018Mr Perfectionist,\u2019 Aamir<\/a> revealed that he goes into a phase of emotional distress for months whenever one of his films fails at the box office.In a recent conversation with Zee Music Company, the actor said that a film\u2019s rejection feels deeply personal to him because he treats every project like his own child. Clarifying that he was speaking in a figurative and emotional sense rather than a clinical diagnosis, Aamir reflected on the heartbreak that comes with audience disappointment.<\/p>\n

\u2018When a film flops, it feels like losing a child\u2019<\/p>\n

Talking about the impact of a film\u2019s failure, Aamir said, \u201cIt breaks my heart when a film flops. At the end of the day, we make a film for our audience. When they buy a ticket and come to theaters to have a good time, and when they don\u2019t like a film, then there is a flaw in your work; the audience never decides intentionally to go and watch a bad film. If they are disappointed, there is a mistake you have made.\u201dHe further added, \u201cI go into depression for 2-3 months when a film doesn\u2019t work, a film is like your child, when it doesn\u2019t work or gets rejected, it is very painful. I feel it\u2019s important to mourn your losses. When your film doesn\u2019t work, it is like losing a child, so you should cry over it, give it time, so that it is out of your system and helps you move on.\u201dInterestingly, just a week ago, Aamir\u2019s son Junaid Khan<\/a> had also spoken about how the actor was struggling to deal with the poor performance of Ek Din. The film marked Sai Pallavi’s Bollywood debut.<\/p>\n

Aamir recalls reworking films after disappointing first cuts<\/p>\n

The actor also spoke about the filmmaking process and revealed that there have been instances when he sensed early on that a film was not shaping up well. However, he stressed that films can always be improved with patience and persistence.\u201cSometimes on a set you figure out a film is not going to work, it has happened very few times with me. When I see a film\u2019s first cut, I never fool myself; I look at it objectively. If I don\u2019t like it, there is something wrong with it,\u201d he shared. Aamir then cited examples of films that underwent major changes before release. \u201cIt has happened with a lot of my films where we didn\u2019t like the first cut. Delhi Belly\u2019s first cut was not nice at all; people didn\u2019t enjoy it. Then we reworked it. You can always correct a film if you want to; it requires lots of endurance, stamina, patience, and passion.\u201dHe added that films like Taare Zameen Par, Delhi Belly, and Laapataa Ladies also went through extensive editing struggles before they finally reached the desired version. According to Aamir, filmmaking is essentially about communication with the audience, and audience feedback plays a major role in helping filmmakers understand whether they have succeeded in conveying the intended emotion. <\/p>\n

\u2018Real success is making the film you set out to make\u2019<\/p>\n

Aamir further explained his belief in audience testing and honest feedback. \u201cFilmmaking is communication; if you receive a different message, then I need to change my communication. This process starts after the first cut. I believe a lot in testing the film, so we call the audience and ask them how they liked the film. Based on their feedback and reaction, we gauge if the film is working. For me, real success is to manage to make what you set out to make,\u201d he said.Meanwhile, Ek Din failed to perform well commercially despite receiving critical appreciation. According to Sacnilk, the film earned Rs 1 crore on its opening day. In 11 days, it managed to collect only Rs 4.25 crore in India and Rs 5.44 crore worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aamir Khan has often spoken about the emotional investment he puts into his films, and the superstar has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[61478,21239,329451,221304,64,63,134,218740,329452,344,378,329453],"class_list":["post-683396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-aamir","tag-aamir-khan","tag-aamir-khan-depression","tag-aamir-khan-films","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-junaid-khan","tag-junaid-khan-ek-din","tag-movies","tag-sai-pallavi","tag-sai-pallavi-debut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}