On Day 3 of WAVES 2025, Aamir Khan conducted a one-hour-plus-long masterclass on ‘The Art of Acting’. It got an incredible response and many aspiring actors learned how to be a better actor, that too from the perfectionist himself. Aamir also made it interesting by sharing anecdotes from his memorable films.
WAVES 2025: Aamir Khan on the memorable Rang De Basanti scene that fans love and he secretly HATES: “That day, I learned that when you are ready for that magical moment, don’t spoil it, no matter how impractical it is”
In the beginning, Aamir Khan said, “There’s a scene in Rang De Basanti (2006) after the lathi charge episode. DJ (Aamir) and Sue (Alice Patten) are together. DJ’s clothes are drenched in blood. DJ is having dinner and suddenly he breaks down. That scene was a challenging one and I prepared for it a lot. Before sleeping, I used to wonder, ‘How I would perform the scene’. I was able to get into a nice space and I knew how I’d act.”
He added, “I told Mehra (director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra) to shoot in one flow with multiple cameras. I told him, ‘Shayad yeh baar baar main nahin kar paaunga’. The shoot was taking place in Film City. I also suggested that we should go to the set a day before for camera placements so that we can avoid those discussions while filming.”
Aamir Khan continued, “We went to the set a day before. Mehra suggested keeping the food aside. He asked me, ‘Tu khaate khaate kaise royega?’. I said, ‘Nahin. Main khaate khaate hi rounga (laughs). After all, DJ has no idea he is about to cry’. We rehearsed 3-4 times. Maine emotionally apne aap ko chhoda just to test the waters. I realized that I was on the right track. I stopped myself as ek baar mujhse woh emotion nikal gaya toh mujhe darr rehta hai ki main wapis nikaal paaunga ya nahin. This shouldn’t happen with an actor ideally. So, I am exposing my weakness to you all (smiles).”
Aamir Khan then revealed, “The next day, I was getting ready when I realized that there was no blood on my clothes. I asked Mehra about it. He told me, ‘The DOP noted that since the dinner breakdown scene is a night sequence, we’ll suffer the loss of 1 ½ days if we shoot it first’. I had been an assistant before an actor and I knew that he was speaking practically. Hence, I agreed though inside, I was quite disappointed.”
He further stated, “Then, we filmed other scenes and after 2-3 scenes, we filmed the crying scene. Woh scene jaise maine imagine kiya tha, main waise kar hi nahin paaya! Meri timing miss ho gayi. That day I learned that when you are ready for something creatively, then you should not bother about practicalities. Woh dedh din kuch nahin the. When you are ready for that magical moment, don’t spoil it, no matter how impractical it is.”
He raised laughs as he confessed, “When people tell me that they loved my breakdown scene in Rang De Basanti, I feel a lot of irritation (laughs). That’s because I feel woh scene bahut bura hua hai. What I had set out to do, I couldn’t.”
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