Superstar Aamir Khan is at war with veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar over copyright issue and after exchanging some heated argument, Aamir Khan laid down his resignation letter. In his letter to HRD minister Kapil Sibal, Aamir Khan wrote, “It seems to me that there is an attempt by certain people to attack me in public by printing lies about me, thereby turning the attention away from a genuine debate about copyright issues”.

Some of the members of the committee did not favor Aamir’s view point over lyricist effort and star’s contribution and the actor had a strong brawl with Javed Akhtar. Unable to function in such an unfavorable environment, Aamir Khan resigned.

According to an eyewitness, “Aamir made it clear that he felt a song becomes a hit because it is picturised on a big star. To this Javed saab asked him, ‘Your first big song was Papa kehte hain. Did it make you a star or did you make that a song run’?” More

Bollywood perfectionist superstar Aamir Khan’s father Tahir Hussain expired in Mumbai on tuesday following a massive cardiac arrest. Tahir Hussain was a producer, director and writer of Bollywood movies.

Tahir had directed his son, Aamir, for the first time in his directorial debut Tum Mere Ho in 1990.

Although born in India, Tahir Hussain’s roots were connected to the ethnic Pashtuns of Afghanistan. He was a descendant of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.

Currently Aamir and his wife Kiran Rao are in the US but are likely to return today. Source

Aamir Khan is busy playing the role of a loving husband and is closely watching the proceedings of his next production ‘Peepli Live’. The movie doesn’t stars him and has the gifted Raghuvir Yadav playing a troubled farmer who announces his suicide in advance, creating a media frenzy to capture the event live. The settings of the film demanded bucolic dialect that at times crosses borders and becomes foul.

The Censor Board asked Aamir to chop those scenes if he needs a ‘U’ certificate.

But how can a perfectionist kill the feel of his film so dear Aamir decided not to make a single change in the film. Even if that meant accepting an ‘A’ certificate that excludes the viewers under 18 from watching the film in theatres. So not very good news for below 18 Aamir fans who will have to stay away from ‘Peepli Live’ whenever it hits the theatres and according to sources, the dark comedy directed by newcomer Anusha Rizvi, ‘Peepli Live’ is already created the right buzz by becoming the official entry to the Sundance Film Festival. ‘Peepli Live’ is not for ‘All’ though it promises to be ‘Well’. Source

It may sound unbelievable but thats the fact. The occasion must be very special, for it has convinced none other than Aamir Khan to perform in it! Cine Artistes Association has planned a concert with the motive of improving the standard and generating funds for the junior artistes of Bollywood. And if sources are to be believed, superstar Aamir Khan will be seen on the stage performing for the audience after 10 long years.
 
 
On January 15, the Bollywood superstar, currently riding a wave of success with ‘3 Idiots’, will record his part for a concert that is being put up by the Cine & Television Artistes Association. Aamir reportedly agreed to do this concert because it is for a cause.

According to Johny Lever, the President of the Cine Artistes Association, “Our association has completed 50 years. I have personally requested Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan and several other Bollywood biggies to perform for us. We need funds to rehabilitate and provide resources to junior artistes who are finding it hard to make ends meet.” More

The public spat between the author of Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat, and the makers of movie based on it - 3 Idiots - doesn’t seem to die down. While Chetan claims around 70 per cent of the film is lifted from the book, its lead actor Aamir Khan believes only 5 per cent of the book is embodied in the flick. Let’s try and de-mystify the similarities and differences between the movie and the book.

Similarities:

1.Broadly speaking, the plot of the film is the same as the book. Both stories are about three students of an engineering college who form an inseparable friendship over incidents that take place in the college.
2.The three characters in the book are very similar to those of the movie. While one of them - Ryan (Aamir as Rancho) - is radical and thinks differently from the rest, the second one - Hari (Madhavan as Farhaan) - is a confused character. The book’s third character - Alok (Sharman as Raju) - is facing severe financial and domestic pressures.
3.The narrators are same in both the cases.
4.Some dialogues in the movie — “the examiner looked at me as if I had asked for his kidneys” and “define machine” — seem to be a straight lift from the book.
5.In the book, Neha (Kareena as Pia) tells her dad Cherian (Professor Viru played by Boman Irani) why her brother committed suicide due to the latter’s demanding and dominating behaviour. Similar episode takes place in the film as well. However, the book talks about this incident in much more detail than the movie which covers this branch of the storyline in a single scene. More

The so called Mr. perfectionist Aamir Khan now plans to take a break from acting this year as he wants to concentrate on his role as the producer of Delhi Belly, Peepli Live and Dhobi Ghat. “I want to take a break from acting this year. So no shootings for me. I would like to concentrate more as a producer,” Aamir said at a press conference in Big Cinemas.

“I will be reading scripts as an actor but I am not sure whether I would be saying yes to acting. I would like to market my films internationally as I personally feel that our films have potential in the international market,” he pointed out. This year, Aamir will be seen in home production Dhobi Ghat, which has been directed by his wife Kiran Rao.

With his ‘one-year-one-movie’ plan, Aamir has managed to deliver superhits one after another and says he has been lucky in terms of directors and scripts. “I try to pick up films that I love or which move me emotionally. I have been lucky in the last 10 years to be successful. It’s because I have been lucky enough to work with directors who are very very good,” Aamir maintained. Source

Aamir Khan made a hat-trick with his third Christmas release in a row 3 Idiots after, Taare Zameen Par (2007) and Ghajini (2008) has brought huge cheer to the box office. Breaking his own film Ghajini’s record, 3 Idiots is fast racing to be amongst the biggest blockbusters of all times.

Trade sources state, “3 Idiots has set a new record for Paid preview shows by grossing Rs. 2.25 crore nett. The previous record holder Ghajini did a business of Rs. 1.75 crore net. The reports are very good and the film is a winner all the way and just remains to be seen if it can do blockbuster business. Three Idiots has hit the box office like a hurricane and has smashed many first day records at the box office

The first day business was an unimaginable Rs. 12.75 crore nett. The previous record for the first Friday was Rs. 9.25 crore nett recorded by Ghajini last December.” Another trade pundit however adds, “It must also be noted that the 3 Idiots first day was a Christmas Day holiday while Ghajini first Friday was a normal day but even accounting for that, it is still a phenomenal collection.

This takes the 3 Idiots total to 15.50 crore nett with paid previews (2.75 crore nett) and the weekend seems to be heading for 37-39 crore nett collections which is truly mind boggling.” Source

The perfectionist Aamir Khan made 24 friends during his two-week promotional tour across the country and has invited them all to attend the premiere of his film ‘3 Idiots’ here Wednesday. ‘Wherever I went, I made friends and I have invited them. All of them will surely come to the premiere,’ said Aamir told reporters at Taj Lands End here.

‘There are 24 people whom I have invited personally. They are those people whom I met in Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Punjab. They are my guests,’ said Aamir.

‘In Tamil Nadu, a girl could recognise me through my disguise and she tried convincing her parents that I was Aamir. They didn’t know that my security people were standing behind them in plain clothes. They started approaching me to confirm, but I called the security to stop them. The security people came and diverted their way, but they confirmed to the family that I was Aamir and would speak to them later,’ said Aamir. Asked if she was invited to the premiere, he said: ‘No I didn’t invite her because I didn’t speak to her. I have only invited whom I met and made friends with.’ More

This might come as a surprise to all of you but Aamir Khan, who has been criss-crossing the country in disguise to promote his new film “3 Idiots“, has been denied permission to spend a day with the Indian Army’s cadets at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

“The film star had sent a request to the defence ministry to spend a day at OTA. But it has been declined and the ministry has not given any reason for it,” sources said. Aamir wanted to interact with the cadets and wanted to see their lives from close quarter.

Nearly 500 cadets from the Short Service Commission cadre pass out from the military institution every year. It is yet not clear whether Aamir wanted to spend a day at the army institution for his future project or to promote “3 Idiots” releasing this Friday.

The movie revolves around three friends and their college days and marks Aamir’s return to the big screen after a year. The actor has created a buzz because of the innovative ways he has been promoting the film. To market the film, Aamir has been travelling across the country in different get-ups. His travels have so far taken him to Varanasi, Madhya Pradesh’s Chanderi district, former cricket captain Sourav Ganguly’s home in Kolkata, Jaipur and Punjab’s Faridkot district. Source

Aamir Khan, disguised as a documentary filmmaker from abroad, landed up at Ramandeep Kaur’s village in Punjab’s border district of Faridkot on the eve of her wedding. The bride and her family of Churchak village near Jagraon could not in their wildest dreams imagine that the disguised filmmaker was none other than the Bollywood star until he told them so himself.

The actor had last week played a similar prank at Ganguly’s house after he landed up in Kolkata disguised as a fan of the former Indian cricket captain. Dressed as a hippie-looking foreigner visiting India for documentary filmmaking, Aamir attended the pre-wedding celebrations in Kaur’s village near Jagraon town, 250 km from Chandigarh.
‘Aamir Khan came to the wedding functions. Initially, we were told that he was a documentary maker. When his real identity was revealed, there was even greater joy and excitement in the household and the entire village,’ Ramandeep’s father Jasvir Singh told. The trip, of course, was part of Aamir’s ongoing promotion of his yet to be released film ‘3 Idiots’. Source