Veteran Indian actor Parikshit Sahni, who has been a part of films like PK and 3 Idiots, has recently opened up about working with Aamir Khan.
Sahni remembered a scene where he had to slap Aamir, and like any actor, he initially fake-slapped him. However, Aamir insisted that on a real slap, reports The Indian Express.
Unsatisfied with the first attempt, he asked Sahni to genuinely slap him again. The veteran actor had to slap Aamir in Rajkumar Hirani’s film PK. The film also starred Anushka Sharma and late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
In an interview with Rajshri Unplugged, Sahni said, “I had to slap Aamir in one of the scenes of that film. Aamir is a fantastic actor, I really like him.”
The actor continued, “When I fake-slapped him, he told me, ‘You slap me.’ I said, ‘How can I hit you?’ He said, ‘No, no you must.’ The credit goes to him. The first time I hit him, he stopped and said, ‘You really hit me.’ Very few actors do this. He is a great actor. He is a very very great actor. That is because he knows the script very well.”
Sahni also praised the film Taare Zameen and revealed that he cried after watching the film. He said, “His film Taare Zameen Par made me cry. It was a beautiful film. So well directed. So well written. And to work with children is the most difficult thing.”
On the work front, Aamir was last seen in the film Laal Singh Chaddha opposite Kareena Kapoor Khan.
He announced a hiatus from the movies after Laal Singh Chaddha bombed at the box office. The actor is yet to announced his next film.