If you, like us, follow Aamir Khan you would have noticed his cute daddy-son moments spent with son Azad in Coonoor. The entire Khan family was in this beautiful hill station down South, to celebrate the 60th birthday of his cousin, Mansoor Khan.
Mansoor, who is very close to Aamir and had directed him in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, was surrounded by his extended family at his vast farmhouse in Coonoor earlier this week. Besides Aamir and wife Kiran Rao, his children Junaid, Ira and Azad Rao Khan, mother Zeenat Hussain, and nephew Imran Khan with wife Avantika and daughter Imara also made up the merry revellers.
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Amidst Coonoor’s cool and bracing weather, they surrounded Mansoor, as he cut his birthday cake and wore his birthday boy badge. There was a home-cooked feast to gorge on, and plenty of leisurely rambles on the fam. We saw Kiran showing off her new cropped hairdo with the comment, ‘Embracing the greys,’ while little Azad made friends with the farm cat.
Apparently, it was a double celebration as the happy bunch also rang in friend Danish Hussain’s birthday. There was a big chocolate cake and a noisy game of football in the garden. For the happy clan, this was just the break they needed from hectic, muggy Mumbai.
Incidentally, Mansoor Khan’s directorial debut Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak had completed 30 years this year. The filmmaker had then gone on to turn his back to the movies. He moved to Coonoor, bought land and cows to set up home and barn, followed by Acres Wild, a farm stay. He has also written The Third Curve, a book which argues that it is not money but energy that runs the world.
Speaking about his seemingly radical move, Mansoor had shared, “It didn't take me the courage to come here. It would have taken immense courage to remain in Mumbai (laughs)… Living in a non-urban society is therapeutic.”
Looking at the relaxed fun his Mumbai cousins had on his farm, we totally see Mansoor’s point about it being therapeutic.
