Revathy says Aamir Khan came on board Salaam Venky over just a phone call: ‘He said he won’t change a single word’

Writer Sammeer Arora, however, revealed that Aamir Khan’s character is not there in the book. Headlined by Kajol, Salaam Venky follows the story of a mother, who fights through challenges as the health of her son (played by Vishal Jethwa) keeps deteriorating.

Revathy said she had been trying to mount the film for years now and recalled the first time she read the book in 2007. She worked on two-three different versions of the adaptation as she felt ‘the book had a story that needed to be told’. “But things didn’t work out, people perhaps didn’t believe in telling a story like this. By 2011, I gave up. But in 2017, the film came back to me thanks to producer Suuraj Sinngh! I said, ‘Oh no, not this book again!’ because a lifetime had passed working on it. But 2018 onwards, things started falling in place,” she added.

The film also stars Rahul Bose, Rajeev Khandelwal, Prakash Raj and Ahana Kumra in pivotal roles. Presented by Connekkt Media and produced by Suuraj Sinngh, Shraddha Agrawal, and Varsha Kukreja under the banner BLIVE Productions and RTAKE Studios, Salaam Venky will release on December 9.