Ira Khan makes her directorial debut with the play Medea

Aamir Khan`s daughter Ira Khan has made her directorial debut with the play Medea. The play debuted on Saturday in Mumbai.

Sharing a poster of the play, Aamir wrote: “Break a leg Ira. Proud of you. Love. a.” Looks like Aamir wants his daughter to plunge, headlong into a creative mess. Medea is an ancient Greek play, revolving around a woman’s calculated revenge against her unfaithful husband. The play stars Yuvraj Singh’s wife actor Hazel Keech in the lead.

She has told in an interview about her choice of Euripedes’ play as her first one that “The play Euripides’ Medea is not only a classic, but is also a script which is very appealing. It has a lot of layers and is complex. The thing I liked the most is that something so ancient is being directed by someone so young. Looking at it through the eyes of the new generation is nice, and Ira is looking at it in an interesting way, from whatever I have seen so far.”

She continued that “I’ve always felt more comfortable and enthusiastic about working off-stage or behind the camera rather than [being] in front of it. I’ve never felt the inclination to act except if it were in an action film, so I get to learn all the cool stunts. Then again.. I can just learn how to do the stunts without a film to work on.”