Aamir Khan was told he would lose his reputation after this Imran Khan film: ‘Aapka naam mitti mein mil jayega’

Imran Khan recalled that Aamir Khan’s security personnel at the time also disliked the film. “Aamir’s security guy at that time, he chimed in and said, ‘Sir, aaj tak aapne jo bhi naam kamaya hai, mitti mein mil jayega sab. Agar aap iss picture ko release karenge, aapka naam mitti mein mil jayega (Sir, whatever name you have made for yourself, it will all be destroyed. If you release this film, you will be destroyed).’ They just piled on him. They were like, ‘This film is terrible, it’s offensive, obscene, ugly, disgusting. It’s a bad film.’ The entire feedback was, ‘Burn the negative. Don’t let anybody find out that you have made this film,'” he recalled.

ALSO READ | Housefull 5 movie review: Akshay Kumar leads yet another loud, formulaic farce

Imran said that after listening to these reactions, he and Akshat (writer) fell ill for two days but Aamir “didn’t flinch.” “Aamir didn’t flinch. He looked at the whole thing and he said, ‘No, it is correct. You guys have shot the right film, it’s there, the problem is only the edit. Whatever was there in the script, you guys have shot it and you have delivered it, don’t worry about it. We just have to edit it correctly,'” he said. Imran said that it was after this that the team learnt a “very valuable lesson” as they re-edited the film.

Delhi Belly also starred Vir Das and Kunal Roy Kapur.