On the latest episode of The Great Indian Kapil Show, actor Aamir Khan bared his heart to Kapil Sharma. During the conversation, Aamir revealed how he became a film actor because of Maharashtra bandh. The Dangal actor also shared how despite hailing from a film family, his father and uncle never wanted him to be a part of the industry. Aamir even recalled how he was scared of his father and never had the guts to tell him that he wanted to do films.
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Revisiting some not-so-perfect memories from his formative years, Aamir Khan shared, “I worked backstage for a year and a half and also did 2 plays. In my family, my parents and uncle Nasir Husain, who was a big filmmaker, didn’t want their children to get into films. The reason behind this was that it is a very volatile business, so they wanted us to study more. They were very much against us joining the industry. Especially, my father was very short-tempered, so I never had the guts to tell him that I wanted to do movies. I used to play tennis and was a number one sub-junior in Maharashtra. I used to fail in one subject often, and once I failed in 2 subjects, so my father stopped my tennis training from the next day.”
Aamir continued, “I became an actor coincidentally. I never got a chance to do college plays since I failed in auditions. I didn’t give up and decided to do a Gujarati play. I applied and got selected. I just had one line in that play, and I had rehearsed for it for 3 months, but 2 days before the play, there was Maharashtra bandh so I couldn’t go for rehearsals. The next day, director Mahendra Joshi was sitting there, and he asked me why I couldn’t come. I was ousted from the play and I cried. That day I felt very bad, and then two guys came and asked me if I would work on a diploma film for an FTII student. I agreed and shot for it in Pune. Another student saw that film and offered me another one, seeing these two films Ketan Mehta cast me in Holi. After watching Holi, Mansoor, and Nasir Sahab decided to do a film with me which was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.”
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Aamir also shared that despite his uncle making Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, he had to do a screen test and several other procedures.
Aamir Khan’s last film Laal Singh Chaddha tanked at the box office. The actor is currently working on Sitaare Zameen Par.
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