Aamir Khan admits his Raja Hindustani character was ‘an MCP’, recalls getting Delhi Belly script through his cook

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‘Raja Hindustani character was a bit of an MCP’

Aamir also spoke about his character from Raja Hindustani and called him “an MCP.” He said, “Raja Hindustani was a good performance; he was a bit of an MCP, but the performance was consistent. I really enjoyed doing Secret Superstar too. In real life, I am very disciplined; my mom has brought me up in a certain way, so I never get to misbehave. In that film, I could do what I wanted, so I really enjoyed it.”

‘Talaash could have done better, but our marketing was wrong…’

Another film that Aamir Khan spoke about was his 2012 film Talaash with Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor Khan. Talking about where they went wrong with the film, Aamir Khan said, “Talaash got a good response, but in that film we made one mistake, it could have done better, but our marketing was wrong. We marketed the film as a thriller; we should have marketed it as a supernatural thriller. We should have prepared the audience to expect the climax, which came as a surprise; the larger audience would have loved the film had we gotten the marketing right. You can go wrong at any stage. Talaash was a good film, very well shot, brilliant performances, but I feel we went wrong with the marketing.”

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Delhi Belly reached Aamir Khan via his cook

When someone in the audience pointed out how Delhi Belly was another great work of the actor, Aamir went on to share a fun anecdote about bagging the role in Delhi Belly. He said, “I was dying to do Delhi Belly, I wanted to do the role of the photographer. It was a strange thing that happened with that film. I was at home at night, and Kiran and I were supposed to go out somewhere. I had to reply to some important emails, so I told her to give me 15 minutes. I was going through my work on the desktop, and she was waiting. On my desk, there was a bunch of scripts I had not read. She picked up the first one, went through it, picked up the second one, the third one, and suddenly she started laughing. I asked her what was so funny, and she was literally rolling on the floor with laughter. I thought that seemed to be a good script. I finished my email, I sat with her, and we read the whole script; we were just cracking up.”

“Later, we checked the first page for the name of the person. Two people who had come from LA, Akshat and Jim, were students. I called them and asked if we could meet. They said they had been in Mumbai for the last three months trying to meet me, and they had just returned to LA the previous day failing to meet me. I asked them if they could come back, and they did. That’s how the film was made. Somebody had told them that they had to give the script to the cook in my house and tell the cook to keep it in my study. That’s what they did, and I had no idea,” Aamir recalled.

DISCLAIMER: This entertainment article shares nostalgic anecdotes and personal reflections from a public interview; the details regarding script discoveries and marketing regrets are based on the actor’s personal recollections and should be viewed as subjective storytelling rather than a factual report on current events.