Thursday, November 6, 2008

The life and times of Aamir Khan

Did you know that actor Aamir Khan was an ace lawn tennis player who had represented Mahrashtra at the nationals? 

In fact, the elusive Khan headed a rock band in his Bombay Scottish days. Surprised? Well, hold on to your awe for a while. For Aamir Khan promises lots more! 

Shy and introvert, Aamir dabbled in cinema at a young age. His inclinations notwithstanding, Aamir, for a long time, was unsure of his goals in life. 

However, once decided, no one could budge the chocolate-faced boy next door. Irrespective of his personal ambitions or professional commitments, Aamir saw it through till the very end. 

Superstar Superlives on Zoom focuses on Aamir’s firm determination, his cinematic sense, his flops and his subsequent dramatic rise to the success story he has created today. The child actor, who made his first appearance before the camera in his father Tahir Hussein’s film, Yaadon Ki Barat, his fear of film sets, fascination for kites, an unsuccessful marriage to childhhood love Reena Dutt and finally finding happiness with present wife, Kiran Rao, the journey that the series sketches reveals a man stirred by his acute sense of observation and aesthetic skills. 

The perfectionist had his share of pitfall to the verge where he once thought of quitting the film industry. His very public separation with Reena left him traumatic and vulnerable. However, he bore it with stoic dignity, when critics lashed out at him for his Mangal Pandey debacle and his separation. 

That’s not all! Aamir received a lot of flak for ‘ghost directing’ his films. But he shut his critics with his exceptional directorial skills. “Aamir was exemplary in his shot angles and script sense. Need we say he was born to be a director and a legendary one at that!” says director Mahesh Bhatt. 

As Aamir himself says in Dil Chahata Hai, “It’s tough to perfect perfectionism.” However this is just the prelude .

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