Aamir Khan opens up about why his Laal Singh Chaddha character is a Sikh

Actor Aamir Khan is busy promoting his upcoming movie, Laal Singh Chaddha which is slated to release on August 11. As the release date is inching closer, Aamir has been making some really headline-worthy quotes. From giving his views on ‘Boycott Laal Singh Chaddha’ trend to people criticising his character as it is similar to his previous film’s character. Well, this time, Aamir Khan reveals why his character in the film is a Sikh.

During the latest interview, the Dangal actor mentioned that his character in Laal Singh Chaddha could have anything but chose Sikh because 1983-84, the timeline of the film, was a key time and the Sikh community went through a lot of difficulties at that time. Hence, the makers chose to make the character a Sikh.

“Atul (Atul Kulkarni) in his adaptation (of Forrest Gump) had already placed him as a Sikh… When we received it as a script, we were already reading a Sikh character. So, it felt very natural to us and organic to us. So, none of us questioned why he is a Sikh. But now that I think about it, technically, he could be anyone, he could be south Indian. But I think Atul did that because, in our timeline of recent socio-political history, 1983-84 was a very key time, a very difficult time, and the Sikh community went through a lot of difficulties at that time,” Aamir told The Hindu.

 

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Aamir added, “By making the lead character a Sikh, I think what Atul was trying to do and I think he did that rather well, is that you are actually investing your emotions very strongly in the character, in the incident and then from there on… in the film.”

Apart from Aamir Khan, Laal Singh Chaddha also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Mona Singh. The film is an official remake of Tom Hanks starrer Forrest Grump. The film is scheduled to clash with Akshay Kumar starrer Raksha Bandhan on August 11.

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