India, March 15 -- As he revealed he had been dating Gauri Spratt, the biggest bombshell Aamir Khan dropped on Thursday was that he and Gauri had been together for 18 months. There had been murmurs and reports of Aamir dating someone outside the industry. But for 18 months, one of India's biggest film stars dated someone, and hardly anybody knew.

Aamir Khan introduced his partner of 18 months to the media at a meet and greet in a Mumbai hotel. There, the actor joked with the media, "Dekha kuch bhi pata nahi chalne diya maine tum logo ko (See, I did not let you get a wind of this)." But how did he managed that? Aamir himself revealed it in a candid chat with the media. The actor said, "For one, she lives in Bangalore, or lived there till ...