Actor-director Aamir Khan did the rare thing: He came to an awards function, which is rare, and he got emotional which is unimaginable in his case.

Aamir Khan was being awarded the 11th Golapudi Srinivas award for his film Taare Zameen Par at a function in Chennai on Tuesday. An emotional Aamir Khan couldn’t stop himself from crying after receiving the award.

Aamir Khan thanked all his fans for appreciating his directorial debut Taare Zameen Par. Aamir got emotional after he was appreciated by veteran filmmaker K Balachander. The latter made a comment that he had lost faith in films until Aamir Khan’s TZP was released

Aamir Khan’s movie was chosen from a list of 19 nominations. Taare Zameen Par is the first Hindi movie to have ever won this award. And, therefore Aamir Khan had enough reason to shed tears of joy.