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Amir khan Bollywood film fraternity, when you talk about the word perfection the first name that comes to our mind is Aamir Khan. We all are big admirers of his craft and his courage to take on risks to play diverse difficult characters. He is considered to be the game changer and trendsetter in Bollywood. The star is turning 50 on March 14. Amitabh Bachchan has already wished him quoting “Welcome to the club”. For all Aamir Khan fans (I am sure there plenty of them), below are 50 interesting lesser-known facts of this immensely loved and universally followed genius :
1. Everyone remembers the famous stunt in the movie ‘Ghulam’ of running on rail tracks towards an oncoming train. Aamir Khan missed the train by a mere 1.3 seconds as he jumped off the track. It won the Best Scene Award at the 44th Filmfare Awards, but he later disapproved of himself for taking the dangerous risk
2. In the debut movie ‘Holi’, you can see Aamir in a very short haircut. Just before shooting the movie, Aamir had shaved his head and had gone bald as a reaction after break up with his girlfriend then. Interestingly, director Ketan Mehta liked the look for his character and started shooting.
3. Aamir feels that ‘Fanna’ and ‘Ishq’ are the only two hit movies that fell a little short of his expectations. The scripts didn’t quietly translate onto the screen as he visualized them to
4. Aamir is the first one in the industry among popular actors, who started the trend of doing one film at a time. He has had approximately 40 releases only till date in a career of 27 years, compared to SRK & Salman who have 80 +, but is at par in popularity with them
5. After a long gap, Aamir made an exception to shoot for PK and Dhoom 3 simultaneously to avoid delay for ‘PK’. However, while shooting and performing for the climax scene in Dhoom 3, he ended up saying the dialogue in Bhojpuri in the first take, leaving the director baffled. This shows how engrossed Aamir gets into his characters and highlights his policy of working on one movie at a time
6. The climax scene of the movie ‘Ghulam’ was shot over 10 to 12 days. It is a fight scene where Aamir gets beaten a lot by the villain. Aamir ends up getting a lot of blood and dirt on this face. Aamir did not take bath for those 12 days to maintain the accuracy and consistency of the look on his face
7. Very few people remember Aamir khan appeared in the only music video for the song ‘Jab Bhi Choom leta hoon’ by Roopkumar Rathod in the year 2003
8. Back to the Future inspired science fiction fantasy flick ‘Time Machine’ starring Aamir Khan, Raveena, Naseeruddin Shah & Rekha was shelved in 1992. Majority of film shooting was completed but the movie got shelved in post-production before Shekar Kapur packed his bags for Hollywood
9. Aamir Khan was offered to play the role of ‘Sid’ in Dil Chahta Hai. However, Aamir was excited by Aakash’s character and expressed his interest to play that role. The rest is history:)
10. Khan was invited to have a wax imitation of himself put on display at Madame Tussauds in London in 2007. However, Khan at that time was busy shooting Taare Zameen Par. He declined politely to avoid any distractions. Such is the focus of this artist
10. Raju Hirani wanted Aamir to play the role that Shraman Joshi played in 3 Idiots. However, Aamir was keen to play the character of ‘Rancho’ and we all have seen the results 🙂
11. The superhit movie ‘Saajan’ was initially offered to Aamir khan. Aamir declined the role and Sanjay Dutt came on board
12. Aamir was approached first for ‘Darr’ by Yash Chopra. However, he demanded joint narration with Sunny Deol and the role went to Shahrukh Khan
13. For the publicity of the movie, Aamir personally had stuck the QSQT posters on the back of rickshaws after taking drivers permission
14. Many in the creative department persuaded to have a happy ending for QSQT. However, Aamir and Mansoor Khan, the director of the movie believed the tragic ending would be the perfect climax and stood their ground
15. Aamir Khan has never been in the habit of drinking. But perfectionist that he is, he actually consumed one liter of vodka before shooting the song ‘Tere Ishq Mein naachenge’ in Raja Hindustani to deliver the scene as the drunk character
16. For the iconic character of ‘Bhuvan’ in Lagaan, Aamir was keen to have a mustache for the character justifying it would be unconvincing if he has a clean-shaven look in a region where there is a scarcity of water. However, Ashutosh Gowariker, the director was convinced that ‘Bhuvan’ should have no mustache
17. While SRK & Salman have worked together in many films and so have Salman & Aamir in Andaaz Apna Apna, SRK & Aamir never worked in a movie together. The best chance was when Rajkumar Santoshi was planning to make ‘London Dreams’ years ago with them, which eventually got made with Ajay Devgan & Salman Khan. We missed the golden chance to see the stars together!
18. Another opportunity missed to see the duo together was for the movie ‘Josh’. Chandrachur Singh’s role was offered to Aamir. But by then he was keen to play diverse characters after being fed up of playing chocolate hero romantic roles and disagreed to be part of the movie
19. SRK & Aamir Khan have appeared together in a cameo friendly appearance in one scene in the movie ‘Pehla Nasha’ directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It is the only time in the history of Indian cinema the two stars are together in one frame in a movie
20. Apart from cousin Mansoor Khan, Aamir has worked with director Indra Kumar maximum number of times in ‘Dil, ‘Ishq’ & ‘Mann’
21. Ghajini was the first movie that grossed 100 crores and started the ‘100 crore club’ trend
22. Each of Aamir’s four films — Ghajini(2008), 3 Idiots(2009), Dhoom 3(2013), and PK(2014)— have held records for being the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time
23. Aamir declined Farah Khan’s offer to be a part of the ‘Om Shaanti Om’ Song where almost half the industry had participated stating he wanted to focus on his film shooting
24. Kiran Rao was skeptical about taking Aamir or any big star for her movie ‘Dhobi Ghat’ because she knew it would raise the audience’s expectations. After a lot of auditions for the role of Arun, she decided to let Aamir give a screen test too. After his screen test, Kiran Rao couldn’t imagine anyone else in the character. That’s how Aamir bagged the role
25. Reena, Aamir’s first wife appears for a brief scene in the evergreen song ‘Papa Kehte Hai’ from QSQT
26. His second wife, Kiran Rao had a blink and miss appearance in the movie ‘Dil Chahta Hai’. This is the scene where the 3 friends are just checking in the hotel at Goa and she played one of the friends of Deepa (the character who was infatuated with ‘Akash’)
27. He was the first actor to start a blog
28. Aamir Khan plays very well tennis and chess in real life
29. Aamir Khan was conferred Padma Shri in 2003 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010
30. Aamir Khan starred in the only movie directed by his father Tahir Hussain, ‘Tum Mere Ho’ alongside Juhi Chawla. The film bombed at the box- office
31. For movie Sarfarosh, he ended up with a 12-hour narration from the director John Matthew Matthan going over the script twice before giving his nod to be part of the movie
32. When Ashutosh Gowariker narrated the draft script of Lagaan, Aamir Khan not only declined to play the role of ‘Bhuvan’ but discouraged him from making the movie citing that it is an illogical concept. However, Gowariker persisted and 6 months later gave a second narration. Not only did he agree to act this time, but he decided to produce the movie and launched Aamir Khan Productions
33. The blockbuster movie ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’ was first offered to Aamir Khan, however, he declined the role as he failed to identify with the character and didn’t find the script appealing
34. Aamir’s show ‘Satyamave Jayate’ went live simultaneously on Star Plus, STAR World and Doordarshan in eight languages, being the first to do so in India
35. Very recently, Aamir has turned vegan. The decision was prompted by watching a video on youtube explaining how a healthy vegetarian diet can prevent common diseases that cause death
36. In April 2013, he was among TIME magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World
37. Close buddies Salman and Aamir did not get along well and had a cold war during the making of ‘Andaaz Apna Apna’. Years later when Aamir was going through his divorce with wife Reena, Salman reached out to him and they connected very well, which is now for everyone to see
38. Aamir played a prank on good friend Juhi Chawla during the shooting of ‘Ishq’. Juhi was so furious that she did not turn up for shooting the next day. They were not on talking terms for a while, though years later they reconciled
39. While the movie ‘Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke’ was being shot, the title was not yet finalized. One evening while watching a scene from ‘Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi’ where Aamir & Pooja Bhatt dance to the classic song (Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke, humse Kuch na police), they decided that the title is apt for the movie
40. Many know that as a child, Khan appeared on screen in 1973 in a highly popular song in the Nasir Hussain-directed film Yaadon Ki Baaraat. But not many people know that he portrayed the younger version of Mahendra Sandhu’s character in his father’s production Madhosh in the following year
41. Ashutosh Gowariker went to Shahrukh and Abhishek Bachchan who rejected the role before Aamir came on board for ‘Lagaan’
42. SRK turned down 3 Idiots, which eventually went to Aamir Khan and it became the highest-grossing movie of all times
43. Aamir Khan accidentally became the director of ‘Taare Zameen Par’. The script was conceived and written by Amol Gupte (‘Stanley Ka Dabba fame). Amol was also supposed to direct the movie. Aamir liked the story so much that he decided to produce the movie. However, in the first few days of shooting, creative differences cropped up between Amol and Aamir. Aamir offered to back out. Finally, though, Amol Gupte was the one who suggested that Khan should direct the movie as he was sure only Aamir could do justice to a subject so close to his heart
44. Whenever Aamir sits for a narration of a subject/script of a movie, he requests his directors to just narrate him the story without letting him know the character they would like him to play. After listening to the subject, he expresses his desire to play the character he likes to portray
45. In 2011, Khan was appointed national brand ambassador of UNICEF to promote nutrition and raise awareness about child malnutrition
46. Aamir Khan is not very fond of taking a bath and tries to find an excuse to not take a bath when given a chance
47. Aamir had a tough childhood due to the financial problems faced by his father whose film productions were mostly unsuccessful. His parents opposed to his joining of films due to their own experiences, wishing that he would instead pursue a steady career
48. Abul Kalam Azad, the popular freedom fighter also known as Maulana Azad who led the Khilafat Movement is Aamir’s great grand uncle
49. Aamir is an expert at solving the Rubik’s cube very quickly
50. Now media-friendly Aamir did not give any interviews to many tabloids and magazines for close to 10 years
Hope you enjoyed reading the article. There are many more Aamir snippets I could think of. Please comment with any interesting facts you would like to share
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