Instead of a usual Bollywood babe acting alongside him, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's costar in his next flick would maybe with Hollywood actress Kate Winslet. His film 'Lagaan' which was nominated as a Foreign Film at the Oscars a couple years ago was the closest the actor has come to Hollywood.
The movie will be directed by acclaimed Indian-born filmmaker Pan Nalin, who directed the highly acclaimed film 'Samsara' which was about a monk looking for enlightenment. The film is based on a Pakistani short story 'Toba Tek Singh' by Sadat Hasan Manto which shows the funny side of an Indian mental asylum in 1947 during the partition of India, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
It has not been confirmed that Khan will work on the project but if he agrees, it would be his second movie on the subject of the partition. He had earlier starred in Deepa Mehta's 'Earth-1947', which was an adaptation of Bapsi Sidhawa's novel 'Ice Candyman'.
Aamir Khan has been known for going over the edge in different roles in films like the recent hit 'Ghajini' where he played an amnesiac and his directorial debut 'Taare Zameen Par' playing a teacher. For this movie his role would be a mentally challenged person in an asylum.
Nalin is hoping that both Aamir and Kate will agree to work on the film, yet he hasn't sent anything approaching another B-town actor if Khan rejects, however if Kate Winslet rejects, Nalin has plans to approach Oscar-nominated actress Rachel Weisz to play the role.
"Either Kate or Rachel will be doing my film. I will be meeting both of them after my Cannes trip to finalize the casting. Either of them will be able to do justice to this marvelous story," said Nalin.
So all you Desi Hits! viewers, do you think that Aamir Khan has another hit on his hands? Do you think Hollywood is ready for him? Send us your comments.
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