Aamir Khan's new take

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 : 1025 Hrs RSS Feeds RANA SIDDIQUI There are farmer suicides and other problems in rural India. But Aamir Khan is clear that films have to have a theme that caters to international audiences as well Cinema’s main aim is to entertain and not to inform or educate. In the late 1980s, Aamir Khan’s chacha jaan (paternal uncle) and veteran film director-producer Nasir Hussain wrote a story meant to be made into a movie. Titled “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak”, it not only became Aamir’s launch pad but immortalised his image as the most promising lover boy to have arrived in Bollywood. And now over two decades later, by putting his star image behind the promotion of his nephew and Nasir Hussain’s son, Imran Khan (who made his debut with last week’s release “Jaane Tu …Ya Jaane Na”), Aamir is in a way trying to “pay... [read full story]