The name’s Khan – Aamir Khan

Actors come and actors go,
Some who fade and some who grow,
And there are some u can’t ignore,
These are the ones the world will know.

Ok, so its just a couple of rhyming lines. But hey, its my first ever poem, and its dedicated to one of the all time greats – Aamir Hussain Khan a.k.a. Aamir Khan (from one great to another). After seeing him in movies like DCH and RDB, you trend feel a little old yourself(more so if u’ve come from a college like mine).

He’s one of those actors whom you can really relate to. Take SRK for instance. As an actor he is really good, but in real life how many people actually bring out so many expressions every moment. He’s very good at acting. But sometimes that becomes a problem in itself. And when compared to Salmaan Khan, thankfully he doesn’t have all those biceps(giving hope to mere mortals like us), and so doesn’t need to pull out his shirt once in a while. And more importantly he doesn’t share Salmaan’s sense of humour. Anyway, just wanted to bring out the differences b/n the Khan’s.

This guy is also such a bloody professional. From growing his hair and moustache for Mangal Pandey to actually getting drunk for a scene in Raja Hindustani, in spite of not drinking in real life (the only other actor who would probably do such stuff would be Kamal. Now that’s another story really). U might also recollect the controversy with Gracy Singh, where in one of the post release interviews she began complaining that Aamir made her work too hard(I think that was a first in Bollywood).

Anyway, he is not one of those dumb actors who looks good in front of the camera, and looks a dud otherwise. And with his latest stance on the Narmada issue, he’s gone where very few other Bollywood actors have. I think he was quite inspired after RDB, although I thought the movie failed to give a good solution. Anyway, its good that he took a stance on what he believed in. And for those who say that this was a publicity gimmick, gimme a break. Aamir has never done anything like this before and wouldn’t need to do it either(what with fans like me). So many Hollywood stars come out in support of / oppose causes. Noone finds that suspicious??

Well, then again I probably wouldn’t want to see Aamir romancing around in a Kuch Kuch Hota Hai or bathing in a tub with ‘Lux’ (better to let the professionals a.k.a. SRK do that) or shouting ‘Kutte main tera khoon pee jaoonga’ and Sunny ishtyle. Aamir is fine the way he is. Just another normal guy.

Here are some of his movies that I just couldn’t get enough of.

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Dil Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
Andaz Apna Apna
Akele Hum Akele Tum
Sarfarosh
Lagaan
Dil Chahta Hai
Rang De Basanti

And here are some I wish he hadn' acted in

Mela
Mann
Raja Hindustani
Parampara
Aatank Ki Aatank(now how many of you have heard of this movie?)


And here’s some trivia about him (courtsey Wikipedia):

- Was offered Shahrukh Khan’s role in Darr but turned it down(now that would’ve been interesting)
- Accepts only National Film Awards; refuses to show up at any other of the many movie award ceremonies, such as the Filmfare Awards show.
- And finally, he’s coming out with a film with Mani Ratnam in 2007. This will be a comedy, Ishq ishtyle.