Young as the actor feels and looks, it is surprising that Aamir Khan turned 44 years old this March 14. Aamir celebrated his birthday by cutting a cake with media at his house in Bandra, Mumbai.
Born on March 14, 1965 in Mumbai, Aamir first appeared on the silver screen as a child actor in his Uncle Nasir Hussain’s film ‘Yaadon Ki Baaraat’ in 1973. Then it was only eleven years later that he actually made his debut in Bollywood with the Ketan Mehta film Holi. Since then there has been no looking back for Aamir ‘Perfectionist ’ Khan.
However, Aamir has a different opinion on birthdays. He calls them as mere numbers. “What matters is how old or young you feel.” He was once quoted as saying.
Currently, he is working with Raju Hirani in ‘3 Idiots’, he’s doing wife Kiran’s ‘Dhobi Ghat’, and there’s his home production ‘Delhi Belly’. The actor who is currently following a strict General Motors diet regimen for 3 idiots abstained from his own birthday cake.
It might have been his raging lover’s revengeful act in ‘Ghajini’ that brought him maximum moolah but when it comes to regonition, it’s Aamir’s tender school teacher act in ‘Taare Zameen Par’ that is taking him places. The flick that failed to woo the Oscar jury has become Aamir’s ticket to honour as it has made him a star guest at legendary attends Audrey Hepburn’s 80th birthday..
Confirming the news, a daily quoted a source as saying, “Sean Hepburn Ferrer personally called Aamir Khan to invite him for a special screening of his film ‘Taare Zameen Par’ in Berlin on May 3rd to celebrate the 80th birth anniversary of Audrey Hepburn.”
Speaking to a news daily, Sean said, “I find that ‘Taare Zameen Par’ is one of the most beautiful movies ever made about the inner world of a child. I am very happy to announce that his (Aamir’s) movie expresses the same caring spirit towards children that Audrey Hepburn represented and which was so important to her, and therefore ‘Taare Zameen Par’ would be
What difference do you find between the Mumbai and the South film industries?
The South industry has a lot more sense of punctuality. They start early and wrap up by a particular time. I am used to that and make it a point to be on time for a shoot or an event. People tell me I shouldn’t be on time and that it’s an ’in’ thing to be fashionably late. In Ghajini, the entire unit was from the South, so in that sense there was no difference. London Dreams is the first complete Bollywood unit I am working with. Most of the film has been shot in London and Paris and it was a Good experience. Each of us got a bound script, besides the shoot schedule including the sunrise, sunset, weather forecast, temperature, site -map of the location, reporting time etc. For the first time, I was introduced to the concept of ADs (assistant directors) with walkie-talkies on the sets of Ghajini. It was odd to hear them telling each other ’loading Kalpana on the set’, ’walking Kalpana’ etc.’ I used to tell them I am not a thing to be adressed like that!
