Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire may have failed to impress perfectionist actor Aamir Khan but that did not stop him from bonding with the Hollywood director. The two recently met during the success party of the Slumdog Millionaire and spent a long time chatting with each other. The Hollywood director had sent a special invitation to the Ghajini star for the event.
Danny Boyle had recently said that he was impressed with Aamir's acting and direction in Taare Zameen Par. The director is planning to make a hard core thriller out of Mumbai and there are rumours that he plans to cast Aamir in the movie. Well only time will say if the combination of Danny and Aamir can bring home some more Oscar Awards.
Aamir Khan, who started smoking during the making of his directorial debut Taare Zameen Par, has been struggling to kick the habit.The actor promised to kick the butt after the release of TZP, but fell back into the habit during Ghajini.
In the past, Aamir has apologised to fans on his blog for not being able to give up on his habit ('Thanks for the drubbing on my smoking', November 2007).
However, the actor is now on a smoke break for three months. A source on the sets of Raju Hirani's Three Idiots reveals, "Aamir was over heard talking to a friend that he has given up smoking.
He has decided to go on a three-month break for his son Junaid. He doesn't want his habit to be a bad influence on his kids.
Junaid, who follows Aamir's blog religiously, would show him excerpts and comments from fans who have criticised him for smoking."
Aamir also plans to take his kids for a summer vacation. "This is the first time in a long while now, that Aamir is free during their vacation. He's looking forward to spending time with them.
When Junaid catches Aamir smoking, he makes it a point to make his displeasure apparent. So the actor has decided to go on a break for cigarettes till he returns from the vacation with his kids."
Aamir Khan can be really controversial when he wants to be. In an interview with CNN's Anjali Rao for the special edition of Talk Asia, the man with the Midas touch lashed out at Shah Rukh Khan, his erstwhile friend and also spoke about Oscar-winning film, Slumdog Millionaire, and how it failed to touch him.
We present excerpts of the interview right here.
Watch the interview play out on Talk Asia on March 25 at 6pm on CNN, with a repeat telecast on March 28 at 10am and 8pm.
It's a real pleasure to have you with us today so thanks so much for making yourself available again. Your most recent film Ghajini is now the biggest Bollywood success ever. Did you have any idea that it would be quite as huge as it is?
You can hope that, you can hope that for all of your films. But you can never really tell until you see the film with the audience, how it's going to play with the audience in the theatre. So I think in Ghajini what we set out to make we were in fact able to achieve that. I realised that I'm making a hardcore mainstream film after really long, which is fine. I guess I'm happy to do that.
We were the first ones to reveal that Asin was the part of Tata Sky’s new ad campaign with Aamir Khan replacing Gul Panag. The Ghajini girl was roped in by the DTH giant after her super successful pairing with Aamir in her debut film. The news may be already out that Aamir Khan is donning the Sardar avatar for his new ad film for Tata Sky but we have now found out that this ad was shot with Asin too being a part of it with Aamir.
Our sources revealed, “Aamir has taken special interest in this ad right from deciding upon his costumes, make up, dialogues to even the background music. Through this ad he plans to make his presence felt in the upcoming IPL tournament. Though he doesn’t own an IPL team like his Bollywood counterparts Shah Rukh Khan, Shilpa Shetty and Preity Zinta, this new Tata Sky ad campaign is going to be widely advertised during the IPL matches on the channel showing the tournament. Asin’s inclusion was also Aamir’s idea.”
Sources further add, “All of Aamir’s ad campaigns of Tata Sky have been successful and he hopes to make a bigger splash with the latest one with Asin.” -
Mumbai, Mar 24: Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan, failed to kick his smoking habit each time he attempted it. But he is resolute this time after son Junaid asked him to give up smoking.
Earlier, the actor had almost given up smoking but during his directorial debut ‘Taare Zameen Par’, he took to the poison again. Aamir had promised to kick the butt after the release of TZP, but failed to do so because of ‘Ghajini’ release problems.
However, Aamir is now on a smoke break for three months. According to a source, "Aamir was over heard talking to a friend that he has given up smoking. He has decided to go on a three-month break for his son Junaid. He doesn't want his habit to be a bad influence on his kids.”
Reportedly, Aamir’s son Junaid follows the actor’s blog and would often show him excerpts and comments from fans, who criticize his smoking habits. The actor also wants to go on a break with sons. "This is the first time in a long while now, that Aamir is free during their vacation. He's looking forward to spending time with them”, adds the source.
Aamir’s smoking habits have always irked Junaid, so, the father is willing to give it up for son’s sake. Hope you keep up your promise, Aamir!
Asin was first cast opposite Aamir Khan in Ghajini and she’ll soon be seen sharing
screen space with Salman Asin More Pics
And now with the raging Khan wars, it’s getting difficult for co-actors to handle situations when they are asked whom they prefer. Asin chooses her words carefully. “Both Salman and Aamir are great and good co-actors. As a child I used to admire Aamir Khan. I used to watch his films and Salman’s too.” Huh?
And now with the raging Khan wars, it’s getting difficult for co-actors to handle situations when they are asked whom they prefer. Asin chooses her words carefully. “Both Salman and Aamir are great and good co-actors. As a child I used to admire Aamir Khan. I used to watch his films and Salman’s too.” Huh?
Mumbai (IANS): Despite hailing from a film background, noted Bollywood actor-director Aamir Khan's parents were against his entering the filmdom.
"My parents looked after us very well... we had a fairly sheltered life. I mean my parents were really against me getting into films. I come from a film family. My father and uncle were both filmmakers. And I faced hell at home. It was like there's no way you're getting into films," Aamir Khan told CNN's special edition "Talk Asia" to be aired on Wednesday 6 p.m.
"But I don't usually listen to people. I just do what I feel like. And then when they realized actually it was more because they were concerned for me, you know.
"Every parent is concerned for their children. And they had been through this line and this profession is so uncertain. You know one day you're up there, the next day you're nobody and it's a really harsh profession," he added.
Aamir Khan is a son of renowned film producer Tahir Hussain. His uncle Nasir Hussain is also a film director.
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