The 46-year-old actor started off as a child actor in his uncle Nasir Hussain`s `Yaadon Ki Baaraat` (1973). Eleven years later, he debuted as professional actor with `Holi` (1984) and had the first commercial hit with `Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak` (1988).
Known to be choosy, his films such as `Lagaan` (2001), `Dil Chahta Hai` (2001), `Rang De Basanti` (2006), `Taare Zameen Par` (2007) and `3 Idiots` (2009) became landmarks in the history of the last two decades of Bollywood. And this month, Aamir and his wife Kiran Rao announced the birth of their son, Azad Rao Khan, through a surrogate mother.