‘Thugs of Hindostan’ is all about Fatima Sana Shaikh, says Aamir

After decades of being in the industry, Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan are collaborating for the first time in the film ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’. Apart from these two, two beautiful ladies, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Katrina Kaif, will also be a part of this film. With stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir being a part of this film, one would assume that they would be the central characters and the story would be about them. But no, our perception is wrong.

Aamir in a recent interview revealed that the film is about the character played Fatima Sana Shaikh. It was actually in context of gender equality in Bollywood films when he said that in most of his films have females as the central characters. He stated, “If we look at a film like ‘Ghajini’ also, I think Kalpana’s (Asin) role was much better than Sanjay Singhania (Aamir). She is the heart of the film and that is the character which is author backed and the one you go home with. In ‘Rang De Basanti’ also, the story is basically about the British girl, she comes down, she moves everything, she makes the film. Even in ‘Thugs of Hindostan’, the central role is the girl who is being played by Fatima Sana Shaikh. The story of the film is about her.” (Also Read: Aamir Khan: Filmmakers have to be little more sensitive towards the child)

Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya  ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ is slated to release in Diwali next year.

Nikita Thakkar

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