When Aamir Khan reached Mushtaq Khan’s house post-midnight to change a film scene: ‘He narrated the scene under a street light’

Explaining his point with an example from his personal experience, he said, “For instance, I was doing the film Akele Hum Akele Tum. I played the role of Aamir’s lawyer in the film. So, when I am defending him in a scene, he is sitting there. I made a point while defending him and he didn’t like that point. He told the director Mansoor Khan that he didn’t like that scene. Mansoor ignored him and completed the scene. We backed up at 6 pm. I got a phone call at 8 pm and Aamir was on the line. He asked me, ‘When do you sleep?’ I said, ’11 or 11:30.’ Later that night, he told me that they got the point of that scene and that they were writing it with the writer. I thought, ‘He hasn’t left that point and ye aaj sone nahi dega (he won’t let me sleep).’ I told him we will meet tomorrow but he refused and insisted that we meet at that very moment. I convinced him to send the scene with his driver. My wife told me that nobody will come and just sleep.”

To Mushtaq’s surprise, Aamir didn’t just send his driver. “At 12:15 am I got a knock on my door and Aamir’s driver was standing there. He told me Aamir is waiting for me downstairs. Aamir said sorry to me and he read me the scene under the street lamp of my house. Slowly, the people of my colony accumulated on the roof. This is Aamir Khan,” he concluded.