Aamir Khan hasn’t experienced many flops in the last 25 years of his career so when a film like Thugs of Hindostan released amid much hype, it was a massive shock for his fans. While the film recorded a massive opening at the box office, of around Rs 50 crore, it was unanimously hated by fans who rejected it in just a couple of days. In the last few days, Aamir has repeatedly said that he too, was extremely unhappy with how the film had turned out and tried to convince producer Yash Chopra and director Vijay Krishna Acharya that the film needed many changes before it could be presented to the audience. In a new interview, Aamir shared that many leading film actors, including Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Shraddha Kapoor rejected the part that was ultimately done by Fatima Sana Shaikh. He added that the director had his reservations about casting Fatima in the role as Aamir had played her father in Dangal, and here, he was supposed to play her lover, so Vijay decided to chop their romantic track from the film.
In a chat with The Lallantop, Aamir Khan shared that Aditya and Vijay had a problem with casting Fatima in the role of Zafira. “When we were casting for it, no other female actor said yes to this part. Deepika, Alia, Shraddha, they all refused. That film was offered to the entire industry but no one wanted to do it,” he said and when asked if they rejected it because it was poorly written, Aamir said that this could have been the reason behind their refusal. He shared that while the makers chose Fatima as she tested for the part, and fit in, they decided that “we won’t have a romantic track between you and her because she was your daughter in Dangal, how can she play your girlfriend here? Audience will reject this.”
