Filmmaker SS Rajamouli remark about Aamir Khan’s overacting in ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ made the star reflect on his performance, confessing that if someone like Rajamouli felt that way, he must have indeed gone over the top. It was revealed by Khan’s cousin and director, Mansoor Khan.
Aamir, kitna overacting kiya hai.” The comment from filmmaker SS Rajamouli got the star, known to be a perfectionist, thinking about his acting in ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’, says his cousin and director Mansoor Khan. He had earlier told Aamir Khan his acting in the Bollywood adaptation of the Hollywood classic ‘Forrest Gump’ was “over the top”. But it’s when Rajamouli, known for larger-than-life productions such as ‘Baahubali’ and ‘R’, called him out that it really hit home
Aamir has a great sense of humor. So one day he laughingly tells me, ‘When you told me it was over the top, I said, ok, you are a subtle guy which is why you might have felt that way. But when someone like Rajamouli tells me overacting lag raha hai, I said to myself, Isko bhi lag raha hai toh kiya hi hoga (If he also feels so then it must be)’,” Mansoor Khan told PTI, recalling his conversation with Aamir.
Mansoor, who directed the actor in his 1988 superhit debut ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ (QSQT) and is now out with a new book ‘One: The Story of the Ultimate Myth’, said he was “frank enough” to give Aamir his feedback well before others. “I liked the script. I think writer Atul Kulkarni did a fine job of it. Yes, Aamir, I believe, went over the top with his expressions.
