Mumbai: Filmmaker Kiran Rao has revealed that she did not want her husband, actor Aamir Khan, to act in their home production Secret Superstar as she felt the character was “creepy”.
Written and directed by Advait Chandan, the movie chronicles the story of a child who aspires to be a singer. Aamir, 52, plays a flamboyant music composer in the movie. “I told Aamir not to do the role because it was kind of a creepy character. The kind of a guy you don’t want to hang out alone in the room with. I told him please don’t do it, you just did Dangal, you were playing a father in it,” Kiran said.
She was speaking at the trailer launch of the film here. Aamir said he was unsure if he wanted to take up the role and underwent a screen test for the same. “When I heard the story, I really liked it. When Advait asked me to do this role, I said I cannot see myself doing it. Even Kiran said the same. I said I’ll do a screen test and if I do well, I’ll take up the role. While doing it, I realised I was having fun.” PTI
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