Aamir Khan opened up on taking up romantic roles at a recent event.
In his career spanning over three decades, Aamir Khan who stepped into the film industry with Mansoor Khan’s 1988 star-crossed romance, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, has dabbled with different genres and delivered several blockbuster films to establish himself as one of the biggest superstars of the country.
There is no doubt that Aamir is a versatile performance, there is a big chunk of population out there who has grown up on his romantic films. At a recent event, the ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ actor was asked whether he is ready to take up films of this genre again. In response, he said that he is okay with doing romantic films, as long as the story demands it.
While speaking at a recent News18 conference, Aamir said , “Agar romantic kahani hogi toh zarur. Iss age mein romance thora uncommon hota hai. Kahani ke hisaab se agar main character suit karunga toh kyun nahi karna chahunga? (If there’s a romantic film I can do, sure. It’s a little uncommon to explore romance at my age. If I suit the character and the story, why not?)”
He also added that it’s important to him that the role suits his age.
“Har genre karna chahunga. Par age-wise thora suitable hona chahiye. Suddenly main 18 ho gaya ho woh nahi karna chahunga. (I would like to explore every genre of film. But, it’s important that I suit the age of the character. If there’s a role that suddenly requires me to look 18, I don’t want to do that), the ‘Dangal’ star told the audience.
On the work front, Aamir Khan’s last release was Advait Chandan’s 2022 film Laal Singh Chaddha. He will be next seen in a cameo in his upcoming production, Lahore, 1947′ starring Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta. He also has Sitare Zameen Par in the pipeline.