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Aamir launches nephew!

May 23rd, 2008 manoj16_391|5 comments |Related|Filed Under

At least, not to me. Imran Khan is taller at 5’11, and he’s got a leaner, softer and dreamier look. Whereas Aamir Khan, his famous uncle, well if you’ve seen him lately, gives every indication of going the Mike Tyson way. He’s raw energy and all chunky, rippling muscle; very intense, yet without Iron Mike’s crazy killer expression. But Aamir has got into the skin of a role. He’s in character for his new action film Ghajini. And as nephew Imran, a keen follower of the Aamir Khan method of acting, puts it, “Maamu doesn’t act, he understands the character, gets a grasp on what he’s supposed to do, and then just flows.”

I am at 24, Pali Hill, Imran’s bungalow, having biscuits and tea with the uncle and nephew. Aamir, who injured his hamstring while shooting for Ghajini in Hyderabad, has found his feet again. Today, after a four-week layoff, he returns to action. “Well, not action scenes, but back to shooting,” Aamir clarifies. “On June 1, I will resume action, there’s still three days of the climax pending in Hyderabad.” He was told to take bed rest, but soon got bored, and instead hobbled over to Imran’s home to take his nephew through the countdown on his debut film Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na.

Aamir has produced the film, but he’s not acting in it, and nor is he launching Imran through Jaane Tu… “If I wanted to present Imran with anything, I’d give him a car, not a film,” says Aamir with a touch of exasperation. But, yes, Aamir is very interested in how Imran’s role is shaping up. He was generous enough to share Imran’s first photograph with his fans on his blog recently. Till then, nobody outside Bollywood had seen his nephew. “I thought I’d introduce him to my fans,” says Aamir. The response was instantaneous. “Go check it out,” Aamir tells me, “it ranges from ‘Imran’s a hot hunk’ to ‘My God, he looks so much like you’.”
I ask Aamir what he sees in young Imran. And the nephew quips, tongue firmly in cheek, “A return in investment!”

But Aamir says, “He has an unusual personality on screen, the camera likes him, he’s got a lot of screen presence, his personality suits the script and his character.” Jaane Tu… will release on July 4, but Imran has two more films coming up soon after, Kidnap with Sanjay Dutt and Luck. How does it feel to be an actor, I ask him. “I don’t feel like a star, if that’s what you mean,” he replies. “For me, acting is just another day at work. I like my work, but acting is in the family, making films is our business.”