Mumbai: While promoting his upcoming film ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’, Aamir Khan opened up on why he turned down Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Swades’, which later went to Shah Rukh Khan.
In a conversation with Zoom, Aamir revealed that Gowariker had shared the story of ‘Swades’ with him while they were working on ‘Lagaan.’
However, he found the script boring and declined it.
“Why I said no to Swades? Mujhe bohot boring lagi thi,” he said.
He added, “Actually maine abhi tak film dekhi nahi hai, Swades. Toh shayad usne correct kiya hoga, achhi bani hogi, I don’t know. Aur logo ko Shah Rukh ka kaam khaas pasand aaya tha usme, maine yeh note kiya tha. (Actually, I haven’t seen the movie yet. Maybe, he made changes to the script. I don’t know. People loved Shah Rukh Khan’s performance in the film. I’ve noticed that.)”
Aamir’s ‘boring’ remark about ‘Swades’ irked Shah Rukh fans, who started trolling the ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’ actor for making remakes.
A social media user wrote, “I have watched swades 3-4 times on tv. Every independence day they used to telecast it. One of the best movie of srk. Hit movie kahi se copied hoti toh mamu kar lete.”
Another user questioned, “Kyunki script original thi?”
One comment read, “Isko oscar worthy film banani hai. Aur phir LSC, Ghajini aur Dhoom jaisi remake banata hai. Swadesh was one oscar worthy film, even more so than Lagaan anyday.”
Another netizen claimed, “He was a bitter person, he is a bitter person, he will be a bitter person. And apparently, Thugs, Dhoom 3, Mela, Mann, Mangal Pandey, Dhobi Ghaat, Baazi, Love Love Love, Tum Mere Ho, Talaash are all movies that were more entertaining.”
However, a section of netizens defended Aamir by posting, “for those stans getting offended that he hurt their feelings by putting down their idol.. please watch the full interview. He said when script was narrated to him he told ashoutosh gowariker that he found script very boring. He has very good subject/story in hand but needs to work on the script.. nothing against srk at all..”
Watch the interview here:
I found Swades very boring :- Aamir Khan
byu/WolfAffectionatefk inBollyBlindsNGossip
Produced and directed by Gowariker, ‘Swades’ remains a cult classic till date.
