Aamir Khan lights up

Aamir Khan’s nervousness triggers his smoking habit. Who knew, right? Aamir, nervous? Well, it so transpires that Dangal caused him sleepless nights and got him to start smoking again, almost a year after kicking the habit.

Pre-release jitters

Says a source, “It’s a thing. Before every release, Aamir gets nervous and starts smoking again. It happened during PK, Dhoom:3, Talaash… and it has nothing to do with the quality of the film. The last time he quit the habit was in January this year and since then, he lost 25 kg as he had to get in shape for Dangal. But now, he’s got into the pre-release phase and his nervousness keeps growing. Every time he gets nervous he becomes a full-fledged smoker, puffing at countless cigarettes a day.”

Not in front of Azad

If anything has changed, it’s because of his son Azad’s presence in his life. “Azad doesn’t like his dad’s smoking and whenever he sees Aamir puffing away, he tells him to go out of the house or smoke in the balcony. There is no way that Aamir can smoke in front of little Azad. It’s very cute seeing him tell his dad off,” concludes the source.