Bollywood’s Perfectionist Aamir Khan hosted a special screening of Oscar-winning director Megan Mylan’s latest film ‘After My Garden Grows’ in Mumbai on Friday night. Mylan,had won the Best Documentary (Short Subject) Oscar for her film Smile Pinki in 2009. It was about a girl who gets to smile after a free cleft-lip operation. ‘After My Garden Grows’ is about girl child marriages in India and tells the story of Monika, a rural Indian teenager growing food to feed her family and the seeds of her own independence in a tiny rooftop garden.
As per sources, Aamir Khan said at the event, “Even our law states that girls should not get married under the age of 18. This is against our law and, there comes an age when a woman is mentally, physically or emotionally ready to become a mother or she is ready to run a family. So, they should not get married in a young age.”
Mylan, an American, said she was encouraged to return to the country following the success of Smile Pinki. The screening was attended by Bollywood stars including Kangana Ranaut, Imran Khan and his wife Avantika and Farhan Akhtar.
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