While almost everyone, both from the glamour industry and from different walks of life, continues to make social media an integral part of their daily lives, Bollywood star Aamir Khan took the bold step to get rid of all his social media accounts.

Aamir celebrated his 56th birthday on Sunday and took to Twitter and Instagram to announce that he is quitting social media. 

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"Hey guys, thank you so much for all the love and warmth on my birthday My heart is full. In other news, this is going to be my last post on social media. Considering that I am SO active any way I have decided to drop the pretence. We will continue to communicate as we did before," the Dangal star wrote in his note.

His last post caused a stir online leading people to speculate about the many possibilities behind the actor’s move. 

Now, the actor has finally put an end to all the rumours after he was asked by a media person about why he quit social media.

He replied, "Aap log apni theories mat lagaiye. Main apni thunki mein rahta hoon. Social media pe hu kahaan main! Mujhe laga ki yaar waise bhi kuch daalta nahi hu main. (You need not apply your theories. I am always lost in my own world. Am I even there on social media? I thought I anyway don't post much on social media)."

However, his fans need not be too crushed as Aamir has assured that he will be communicating with them through the media.  

“Alvida nahi, main to idhar hi hu, kahi ja nahi raha hu, isse pahle bhi to communicate karte hi they. Abhi isme media ka role zyada bhadh gya hai kyunki ab main media ke through hi apne audience se baat kar paunga. Aapka to khush hona chahiye, mujhe pura bharosa hai aap pe (I am not going anywhere, we used to communicate before as well. Now there is an increased role for the media because I will communicate with my audience through media only. You should be happy, I have full faith in you),” said the actor. 

On the work front, Aamir recently appeared in a special dance number alongside Elli Avram in Amin Hajee’s film, Koi Jaane Na.  

He was last seen in Thugs of Hindostan and will now be seen in and as Laal Singh Chaddha.

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