Aamir Khan is one of the most talented actors in the Hindi film industry. The actor has been winning the hearts of his fans since the beginning of his career. He first appeared on screens as a child artist in the movie, Yaadon Ki Baaraat. As an adult, his first movie was Holi. Apart from that, Aamir was seen in several other movies, and his acting mettle melted the hearts of millions. One of Aamir Khan's much-loved movies was 3 Idiots. The movie was a hit back then, and even today, it has a separate fanbase. Recently, Aamir shared that he was a bit sceptical about playing his role in the iconic movie, 3 Idiots.
Aamir Khan recently appeared on Kapil Sharma's Netflix show, The Great Indian Kapil Show, wherein he talked about opting out of playing the role of 23-year-old freedom fighter, Bhagat Singh when the actor was 37 years old. On the other hand, Aamir also shared why he agreed to play the role of an 18-year-old when he was 44 back then. Talking about the same, Aamir stated that playing the role of 'Bhagat Singh' for him while being on the verge of 40 would not look good. Sharing that the unique qualities of 'Bhagat Singh' would not come to him, Aamir shared:
"Bhagat Singh ji is a very important historical figure. He was a unique human being. What he did at the age of 22-23, we can’t even think about it. His courage. He was fearless. That’s a very rare quality. Its beauty was that you see a young 23-year-old on the witness stand, whose mustache has not sprouted, making such big statements. If I stood there, I was already turning 40 at the time, it wouldn’t have looked good. That quality of a young guy saying such things won’t come to me. That’s why I didn’t do it.”
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While conversing on the show, Aamir Khan shared that he wasn't even ready to play the role of an 18-year-old in the movie, 3 Idiots, as he thought that people would laugh at a 44-year-old actor playing such a young character. Talking more about the same, Aamir mentioned that it felt a bit weird for him to play the role of such a young character, and he even told the director, Rajkumar Hirani to offer the film to a young actor, but the latter wanted to cast only Aamir. The actor can be quoted as saying:
"I wasn’t even doing 3 Idiots because I thought the public would laugh at me as I was turning 44 and I am playing the role of an 18-year-old boy. It would be weird. I told Raju to take three youngsters but he was after me. I hadn’t worked with Raju till then. I was a big fan but the story he brought me, I was like how will I play this young character.”
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Sharing why he opted to do the film finally, Aamir Khan stated that it was Rajkumar Hirani who advised him that he should let the success follow him, which is again the silver lining of the iconic film, 3 Idiots. Aamir said that Hirani reminded him of how he followed his passion and did the films, which were flops on the announcement but later got the desired success. Aamir added that he never signs a film until he is sure about it, but for 3 Idiots, he went blindfolded, and the reason was the director. In Aamir's words:
"There is my line in the film, ‘Don’t chase success, instead be capable, success will follow you.’ This was Raju’s main thought behind the film. He told me, ‘You have done films that could have never been a hit. For example, you did Taare Zameen Par, Lagaan …all these films were flops on the announcement. Then why did you do these films? You didn’t do them thinking you will get success. It was your passion, so you did it. So, success followed you. Your entire career has been about this. So, if you say this line, people will believe it.’ Then I thought Raju was a great director. I don’t sign a film until I am sure, but this was the first time I went blindfolded because of him.”
On the same show, Aamir Khan talked about playing a nude scene in his movie, PK. Talking about the same, Aamir mentioned that at first, he used to be embarrassed as he thought it was weird, but later he didn't get any kind of embarrassment as only the shot mattered.
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