Filmmaker Onir has praised Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao for including both Khan and Rao in the surname of their newborn son Azad, calling it an important gesture.

"I think its lovely and really progressive that Aamir and Kiran included both KHAN and RAO in their son's name. An important gesture, " Onir wrote on miccroblogging site Twitter.

Aamir-Kiran's son was born Dec 1 through IVF to a surrogate mother at a private clinic in Mumbai. The couple resorted to IVF due to medical complications.