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Aamir took cues from Jeetendra, Anil for ‘Secret Superstar’ role
Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan’s quirky character Shakti Kumaarr from his forthcoming movie “Secret Superstar” has been inspired by Jeetendra and Anil Kapoor
Aamir said in a statement: “One of the secrets from ‘Secret Superstar’ is that in this film, I have used some lines that film actors usually use in their personal life and whenever I meet them. I tend to remember some lines from it, and I have used those lines while playing my character in the film.
“For example, when I met Jeetuji (Jeetendra) for the very first time, I found him as a very humorous person. He had come to visit Nasir (filmmaker Nasir Hussain) sahab once and I was sitting with them that time. I was an assistant to Nasir sahab then. Jeetuji said, ‘Nasir sahab, I have been offered a film which has a double role’. Jeetuji laughed and said I can’t do one role properly and I have been offered two roles.
“Further, he said that it’s perfectly fine, I’ll do it well and said ‘Buck up India’… The way he said ‘Buck Up India’, I found it so charming that time that it remained in my mind, and now also if we meet somewhere, he says, ‘Son, you have a release now… Buck Up India! It will do very good’.
“The way Jeetuji uses that phrase ‘Buck up India’ is something I like and I have used that in ‘Secret Superstar’.”
What about Anil?
“One thing about Anil Kapoor I have noticed is that whenever he is done talking on call, he doesn’t say bye once, he says bye about 15-20 times on call. So while speaking with him on call when I say, ‘Anil, see you bye’, he says ‘Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye’ in series. My character uses this trait also.”
“Secret Superstar” is a film which brings out the inner superstar of a teenage girl who is dreaming to become a singer and how she fulfils her dreams by keeping her identity hidden.
Directed by Advait Chandan, the film is slated to release on Friday.
–IANS
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