Did You Know? Aamir Khan Wasn’t The First Choice To Play Mahavir Singh Phogat In Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal
Aamir Khan’s movie Dangal, which was launched in 2016, stays to be one of the vital profitable movies ever in his profession. Nitesh Tiwari’s movie has additionally been watched greater than 400 million occasions on Chinese language streaming platforms. Whereas Aamir’s position fetched him a number of appreciation, do you know he wasn’t the primary alternative for the position? Scroll all the way down to know.
The movie was primarily based on wrestlers sisters Geeta Phogat and Babita Phogat who had been skilled by their father Mahavir Singh Phogat. They went on to turn into India’s first world-class feminine wrestlers. The movie acquired reward for the “trustworthy” depiction of a real-life story and Khan’s efficiency.
As per Quint report, Nitesh Tiwari and Manish Hariprasad (artistic head at UTV Movement Footage) had initially visualised Dangal with Irrfan Khan in thoughts since they needed a technique actor who may bear Hariprasad because the character is seen ageing within the movie. Nevertheless, as soon as the script was prepared, they straight went to Aamir Khan and the remaining is historical past. It by no means reached Irrfan Khan although.
Manish revealed how excited they had been when Aamir Khan agreed to play the position of Mahavir Singh Phogat within the movie. He mentioned, “We had been on high of the world. We didn’t know what to do after Aamir mentioned ‘Sure’ to the movie. We walked for an hour on Bandstand at 2 within the night time simply to calm our nerves.”
Manish Hariprasad additionally recalled how Aamir Khan gave inputs on his transformation for the position. He mentioned, “Aamir gave us inputs on how he would remodel himself. He mentioned he would placed on 25 kgs to appear like the older Phogat and he would let his hair develop naturally to indicate the greying. The most effective factor was that Aamir didn’t even bat an eyelid when advised that he could be enjoying a 50 – 55 12 months previous.”
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