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Junaid Khan Takes Over Dad Aamir Khan’s Production House

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: Aamir Khan’s son, Junaid Khan, who made a stellar debut in Netflix’s Maharaj, has now stepped into production. He is now producing ‘Pritam Pyaare’ for the production house. Junaid recalled Aamir being in his retirement phase and asking him to take over Aamir Khan Productions.

In a recent chat with Times of India, Junaid was asked about his decision to delve into production early on in his acting career. “Yes, I have. I have been on film sets and behind the camera on the set of PK. I have assisted in ad shoots as well. After we completed the shoot for Maharaj, there was a film we were working on at AKP (Aamir Khan Productions). At that point, Kiran (Rao) was making Laapataa Ladies and dad was going through this whole ‘I-am-retiring phase’, and he even spoke about that (smiles). He told me, ‘I am retiring, why don’t you take over.’ So, that’s the phase when I stepped in. I think I have a decent understanding of production. It’s probably one of the toughest jobs in filmmaking,” he said.

On the question of whether his parents, Aamir and Reena Dutta were nervous or anxious about his debut, he told TOI, “Not really (laughs). They weren’t anxious, they were happy for me. They are not anxious people generally, as they have been through all of it and more (being part of the industry for so long). The fact that they weren’t anxious also helped me with everything that was going on with the film. They both liked it. Dad liked it quite a lot He tends to be an easy audience, as he goes in to watch something wanting to enjoy it. My mom is a tougher audience to please.”

Junaid also revealed that Aamir Khan didn’t drop by his sets or interfere with his debut film. “He was never on our set. He only came on the first day of the shoot with my three grandparents and then he directly watched the film,” he said. Junaid added that Aamir’s work has no impact on his choice of films as the superstar has done “not all that good” projects also along with his “fantastic work”. He said he has learnt that one needs to keep learning and moving forward as filmmaking is not a science.

OB Bureau

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