Did you know even Aamir Khan had rejected ‘Lagaan’ initially?

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The actor went on to say that when Ashutosh approached him again for the same film, he was irritated. It was only when Ashutosh came up with a bound script that he fell in love with it. “I loved the final script of ‘Lagaan’ and found it unbelievable. I told him(Ashutosh), ‘It is a fantastic script and it does break the record of mainstream cinema. But I am scared to say yes. I can’t do it’,” the actor said.

Later on, Ashutosh offered the film to other actors who turned it down, but the filmmaker went to Aamir again to convince him to star in the film.  The actor further added, “I told Ashutosh to narrate the story to my parents. They heard it and were crying. They told me I should do it.” And that’s how Aamir came on board for this project.

We are so glad that Aamir took up this project or else we would have missed him play Bhuvan in this iconic film. Don’t you guys agree with us?

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