Bollywood’s favourite chocolate boy, Imran Khan, once set high standards for love not only onscreen, but also in real life. While Imran Khan was setting the bar high for Bollywood romcoms, his real-life love story with his then-girlfriend Avantika Malik also made headlines. The couple got married in 2011. However, after eight years of marital bliss, they parted ways in 2019. In a recent interview, the actor opened up on marrying young and divorce.
Speaking to Filmfare, Imran said that even though he entered the relationship with good intentions, it didn’t grow with time.
“I entered this relationship when I was very young. I was 19, and in all good faith and good intention. But as is sometimes the case with these kinds of long-term relationships, particularly when you start at a very young age, a lot of the interpersonal dynamics and patterns get set in how you were as a teenager and as you grow, perhaps, I think all of those did not grow and evolve enough and in some way, we were not supporting or empowering each other to be the healthiest version of ourselves,” he said to Filmfare.
He also opened up about his equation with his daughter. “She has spoken to me about emotional parts of herself,” he said.
“At night, when you are putting them to bed and the lights are dimmed, you have those 5-10 minutes of… it’s a safe, intimate space where she will talk to me about the feelings in her heart and at times, I have been so overwhelmed by the idea, by the fact that she is sharing that with me. That is priceless,” he added.
Currently, Imran Khan is dating Lekha Washington. The two met through common friends in their social circle and started dating in 2020.
