On June 2, a Taare Zameen Par Fan Meetup was held at an auditorium in Mumbai and was attended by the team of the 2007 classic – actor-director-producer Aamir Khan, fellow actors Darsheel Safary, Vipin Sharma and Tisca Chopra and music composers Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. When Aamir Khan came on stage, he remembered Amole Gupte, the writer of the film and also who was about to direct the film originally.
Taare Zameen Par Fan Meetup: Aamir Khan BREAKS silence on replacing Amole Gupte as director; reveals that he wanted to approach Mansoor Khan, Ram Madhvani, Prasoon Pandey for helming the project
Aamir Khan said, “I wish Prasoon Joshi (lyricist) was here right now. And the other person who’s not here is Amole Gupte, who wrote the script. I really feel that Amole wrote a very special script. It was written in great detail. Hence, it was a very developed script. One of the reasons that we could make the film that we did is because of his writing.”
At the last part of the event, Aamir said, “It’s not a secret that Amole was making this film before. One week later, I directed it. When Amole and I were wondering who should direct, I suggested three names. First was Mansoor Khan, who’s my cousin and who had settled in Coonoor. He had quit filmmaking but I could hope for him to come back since I was in a crisis. The second was Ram Madhvani. He had made Let’s Talk (2002) by then. And third was Prasoon Pandey, an ad filmmaker.”
Aamir continued, “Amole said, ‘Since you and I have worked on the script and both of us are on the same page, why don’t you direct?’. It was out of the blue for me. I always felt that if I were to direct, I would like to learn a few things like the basics of VFX, the basics of music, etc. I also dreamt that my first film would be of a certain kind.”
Aamir Khan then stated, “Hence, I asked him to give me a few days. I thought about it for 2 nights. Kiran Rao was with me. The only reason I agreed to direct was Darsheel. I knew that we had his dates. He was 8. We had begun the shoot already and we needed to resume filming immediately. If I had got Mansoor, Ram or Prasoon on board, they would have taken 2 to 6 months to read the script and understand the film. They might have asked for changes in the script and prep. I feared that Darsheel would grow up by then! Kids sometimes grow fast. I feared he might look like a 12-year-old. I was clear that we had got a magical kid in the form of Darsheel Safary. Iss bacche ko hum kho nahin sakte. This casting cannot be changed.”
He ended his answer by saying, “I told Kiran, ‘From tomorrow, only one person can take over and that’s me’! Darsheel was so special that I feared that it would be difficult to find another actor who would do so well. I couldn’t imagine anyone else.”
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