Trivia

Turned down Madame Tussaud's offer to immortalize him in a wax statue.

His home production, Lagaan, in which he also starred in, was the third Indian film ever to be nominated for an Oscar.

Refuses to accept the usual awards from Indian trade magazines such as Filmfare.

Known as perfectionist who insists on getting a finished script before committing to a film and also refuses to work on more than one film at a time, both very unusual for Bollywood where actors usually work in several films at a time and script details are often improvised on the day of shooting.

Was the first Bollywood actor to cross the 100 crore mark with his 2008 film Ghajini, which became the highest grossing film of all time until his next release 3 Idiots.

Has been a big fan of Alfred Hitchkock stories.

Highest paid actor in Bollywood.

Is a Tennis-enthusiast, and particularly admires Roger Federer.

Has the highest grossing Indian film of all time with PK.

Has a reputation for shunning award ceremonies and avoiding the glare of the media.

Cites Daniel Day-Lewis and Dilip Kumar as his favorite actors.

His ancestors hail from Afghanistan.

His salary is less for acting in certain movies because he becomes a stakeholder and shares a certain percentage of profits from the movie.

Visited Pakistan for fund raising of Shaukat Khanum Cancer Hospital on invitation by the cricketer Imran Khan.

Time magazine refers to him as the Indian 'Sean Penn'.

Aamir Khan is the founder of the 100 Cr INR, 150 Cr INR, 200 Cr INR, 250 Cr INR & 300 Cr INR club in Indian cinema history. His films' were the highest grossers ever in India cinema and their records were broken by his own films. In order - Ghajini - 3 Idiots - Dhoom:3 & P.K.

Awarded Padma Shri India's fourth highest Civil Honour in the year 2003 by the Government of India.

Is very good friends with superstar Salman Khan, with whom he worked with in the 1994 cult film Andaz Apna Apna. His other close friend is Rani Mukerji, with whom he was been friends with since her second film Ghulam in 1998.

Was offered the role of Rahul Mehra in Darr (1993).

In 2013, received Honorary Doctorate by Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) for his distinguished contribution to the Indian cinema and entertainment industry.

Is considered as "The Biggest Movie Star" by the most popular American weekly magazine "Newsweek".

He got awarded the Padma Bhushan India's third highest Civil Honour in 2010 by the Government of India.

Actor Ali Zafar is also related through marriage to Indian Bollywood superstar, Aamir Khan. Ali Zafar's wife, Ayesha's father has a cousin whose mother is the cousin of Aamir Khan's mother, Zeenat Hussain! Apparently, Aamir Khan was quite taken aback when Ali Zafar pointed out their relationship to him as it was news to him.

After his first marriage he took another flat in the same building where he lived with his parents, and started living there.

Nephew of Nasir Hussain

Was offered Vicky Arora's role in Yalgaar.

Has on-screen kissed both Kapoor sisters Karishma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor and is the only actor to do so.

In 1995, Aamir stopped attending the Filmfare Awards. Many think he gave up since he had been nominated numerous times from 1988-95 and never won once, but it was really because Aamir began to think Filmfare was biased and rigged. He felt that they were toying with him by purposely not winning him any awards, and that they were biased against him in favor of actors like Shah Rukh Khan, who was sweeping awards back then even though he was a newcomer. He felt he should have won the Best Actor award for his films Rangeela (1995), Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995), Andaz Apna Apna (1994), and Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin (1991). He also thought Filmfare was rude by not even nominating him for his other acclaimed works Dil (1990), Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992), Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke (1993). So, in the end, he just gave up.

One of the three Khans that ruled Bollywood in the 90s. The other two are Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan.

Best friends with Juhi Chawla & Rani Mukherjee.

Uncle of Imran Khan.

Was credited as "Aamir Hussein" in his first film Holi.

Abstains from smoking and drinking and only does so if it is required by a film role.

Is a big fan of the Star Wars saga.

The Press Trust of India reported Khan will marry girlfriend Kiran Rao in Panchgani, India on 1 January 2006. It later reported Khan and Rao married in a small ceremony at his home in Mumbai, India on 28 December 2005.

Went for a world tour concert with Dharmendra, Salman Khan, Vivek Mushran, Pooja Bhatt in September 1993. They visited cities in the countries of Canada, America and England.

Him and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan are arch-rivals. They have never done a film together even though they both have been offered many opportunities to do so. In 2007, Shah Rukh Khan mocked Aamir for his choosiness in films and not attending the Filmfare Awards, and after that, Aamir went on to say that Shah Rukh is "the name of my dog who licks my feet". This caused them to avoid each other for bit, but they patched up in 2013. However, they have been competing and taking digs at each other since 1995, when Aamir stopped attending Filmfare Awards.

In the movie, Taare Zameen Par, he had to give an example of Abhishek Bachchan, for which he had specially taken permission from Big B.

His parents Tahir Hussain and Zeenat did not want him to become an actor. They wanted him to focus on studies. But Aamir had stopped studying after high school.

Mother is Zeenat Hussain. Sometimes she is referred to as Zeena Hussain.

In 1989 Mahesh Bhatt was to direct a mother/son relationship film with Mumtaz and Aamir Khan.He shelved it after Andhiyaan flopped.

Son of Tahir Hussain, brother of Faisal Khan, Farhat Khan and Nikhat Khan

Has 2 children with ex-wife Reena: a son, Junaid, and a daughter, Ira.

Formed a popular on-screen pair with Juhi Chawla

Niece is Zayn Khan. She is a upcoming actress and Assistant director. She is the daughter of director Mansoor Khan.

Cousin of Mansoor Khan

He got famous with the film 'Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'. The budget of this movie was less, so he along with another man used to put up the film posters on buses and auto rickshaws.

In the films like 'Saajan', 'Hum Aapke Hai Kaun' and 'Josh', the roles of Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan and Chandrachur Singh were earlier offered to Aamir Khan.

Was dropped as the brand ambassador of Incredible India initiative in 2016 after his statement that owing to the ascent of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister and his BJP in power, levels of religious intolerance had increased in the country.

In 2017, he publicly supported actress Asha Parekh when her memoir "The Hit Girl" was published. He knew her since he was a baby, because she had been launched as a heroine by his uncle, filmmaker Nasir Hussain in seven films, including Caravan (1971), which was produced by Aamir's father Tahir Hussain. He also worked with her on Nasir's Manzil Manzil (1984), in which she acted, while he worked behind the scenes as an assistant director. In her memoir, she wrote about a long romantic relationship with Nasir, but he was already married to Ayesha Khan with whom he has two children. It would have wrecked havoc on both their families if divorce or bigamy happened. So she remained unmarried. Aamir and the rest of Hussain's family realized that she made a huge sacrifice and have continued to stay in touch with her, even though Ayesha and Nasir died in 2001 and 2002, respectively.