Imran Khan Found Living In Bollywood 'Suffocating', Enjoys His Quiet And Peaceful Life Now

In 2008. Indian audiences had the privilege to see the work of a new actor. He was young, talented, and could certainly act. His debut film,?Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na established him as the star to look out for and he went onto do remarkable roles until he gave up the stardom and movies in 2015.?

We are talking about Imran Khan who actually walked away from Bollywood. On his birthday today, we take a look back at an Ask-Me-Anything session of his on Reddit and how at that time he had confessed he found Bollywood and the life that comes with it as suffocating.?

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One Reddit user asked, “From the interviews I have seen, you seem like one of the few actors who are not completely consumed by Bollywood. You seem to be in touch with the real world. Do you make a conscious effort to keep in touch with the outside world? Also, do you consider yourself an 'insider' in the industry?”??

Imran replied, “It's not really a conscious effort. I'm genuinely not interested in most of the hoopla. I like my quiet, peaceful life, I like my old friends, I like my cats and dogs... Ideally, I'd just make movies and skip the rest of the media circus.”??

Imran Khan Reddit AMA / Reddit

On being asked how it felt to ‘occasionally see (himself) on TV or the internet’, Imran wrote, “I don't watch TV... I've worked hard to avoid living in the 'Bollywood Bubble', eating, breathing and living movies. It can get very suffocating.”??

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Imran also opened up about the kind of influence Aamir had over his career and said his role was ‘not as important as most people assume’. “He's never read one of my scripts or asked a producer to meet me. (seriously, if he was, do you think I'd have done half the films I have?),” he wrote.??

Imran Khan AMA / Reddit

Imran Khan was always the actor. Never interested in stardom but only in making movies. But we all know how Bollywood is more about fame than actually commendable hard-work.?