Whether it was getting drunk during ' Masti ki Paathshaala' or playing Chandrashekhar Azad in a docu-drama or leading a rebel movement to assassinate the defence minister of the country, Aamir played all aspects of the character with so much aplomb.Īamir was outstanding as Munna in this iconic Ram Gopal Verma film.

Aamir really killed it in the boxing scenes, his perfectionism coming to the fore yet again.ĭJ was the funny, lovable university kid we all knew. I do not know who let me watch it but I remember being stunned by how good Aamir was. Ghulam was the first Aamir movie I remember watching. Aamir as Amar, was fabulous in this classic comedy, showing a side of him we do not usually get to see. Trust Aamir to be at his romantic-hero best in a movie that does not even classify as romance technically. Really, everything seems to have been said already but I will say it again: he was perfect as the rebel villager-turned-leader of the team.Īamir as the intense Ajay Singh Rathod or as the fanboy of a famous singer or just in crush with Sonali Bendre was adorable. I have been told I do not need to say anything about Lagaan, and Aamir in Lagaan. Aamir had such great comic timing in this movie that he made Aakash so likeable, It took me years (and several failed relationships with Aakash-like boys) to realise Aamir was actually playing a pretty flawed character. By the way, Aamir directed this film also (after having “creative differences” with original director Amol Gupte).Īs I grew up, I realised and read about how Sid was the most perfect of the three Dil Chahta Hai boys but when I saw the movie (aged eight), Aakash was the cool funny guy I wanted to be. He was the one who would advocate our desires and interests to parents, one who would somehow find the talent even we did not know we had. Plus, this movie had ' Pehla Nasha.'Īs the out-of-the-box empathetic Ram Shankar Nikumbh, Aamir was the teacher most of us wished we had. Whether it was Aamir intensely cycling or his version of the chocolate boy, aspirational romantic hero, I lapped it all up, and still do every time it plays on TV. Who does not love an underdog story, right? I am a sucker for them. On his 55th birthday today on 14 March, here is a non-fan’s tribute to some of the films I have tried very hard to dislike but could not. How am I supposed to narrow this down, I wonder, to a list of his most memorable performances?

Image from through his filmography now, I am shocked (yet again) by how many great movies are on that list.

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