Karan Johar is the film producing factories of Khan; be it our own Fawad Khan as well. But, he is yet to do a film with Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan. The reason isn’t that he never got a chance or Aamir didn’t agree to act on his movie, but it is altogether different and surprising at the same time.
During a Masterclass on ‘How to direct a big Bollywood Dream’ at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), Khan revealed the reason as to why he won’t cast Dangal actor in a movie:
“I don’t want to be the one who gave him the bad film… I’m over-nervous. I’ve yet to make my Lagaan or a Rang De Basanti or a Lage Raho… which I believe are defining iconic films.”
He further confessed that Aamir Khan is “the most intelligent cinematic mind” in the industry, especially after his blockbuster Dangal.
“I may have contributed to pop culture, but I don’t think I have contributed to the brilliance of cinema as yet,” he said while comparing his contributions to Hindi cinema. Agreeing to the fact that Indian film scripts now need work and reinvention, he elaborated:
“We need to reinvent… dependence on stars has to reduce, content has to take over,” Johar referred to Baahubali, which managed to steer a lot of positive response despite the lack of big names.
“I think I should have made many more movies. You start believing that you are so important that you can’t fail – nobody is that important. Cinema is bigger than all of us. Last year, I promised myself to lessen the gap, but I’m still crackling with the idea of what to make, because it’s the same fear of failure, overestimation about the self that keeps popping up, which I have to fight.”
