Aamir Khan is on Time magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People of 2013

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Aamir Khan is on Time magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People of 2013

Actor Aamir Khan has made Time magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People of 2013. He created an international presence with his 2012 TV series Satyamev Jayate, is named as a "pioneer" on the list.
The talk show delved deeper into social ills like female foeticide, rape and medical malpractices, which made a great impact across the country.  

The Time 100 list also includes Barack Obama, Pope Francis, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Jay-Z ,Sheryl Sandberg, Malala Yousafzai, Aung San Suu Kyi, Michelle Obama, Daniel Day-Lewis, Justin Timberlake ,Kate Middleton, Jennifer Lawrence and Steven Spielberg. 

Other Indians to make it to the list include Finance Minister P Chidambaram who has been listed as a Titan and Delhi based human-rights lawyer Vrinda Grover, one of the leading voices calling for change after the brutal gang-rape of a paramedical student on board a Delhi bus, who has been listed as a Pioneer.

 The publication has got celebrities to profile the ‘chosen’ ones, and Aamir has been profiled by none other than ‘The Mozart of Madras’, AR Rahman. 

Rahman writes, “His movies are commercial successes — Lagaan was nominated for an Academy Award — but they also display a sense of social responsibility: they tackle important themes, like poverty and education.

“His TV show, Satyamev Jayate, is part journalism and part talk show, and it confronts India’s deepest social ills, from sexual abuse to caste discrimination. He uses his gifts as a charmer to give his audience the most bitter medicine. Hypnotized, we take it without complaint.

This is Aamir's second TIME cover. He had earlier been the subject of a cover story 'Khan Quest' in the Asian edition of the magazine in 2012.