Fatima Sana Shaikh speaks about starring opposite Aamir Khan after playing his daughter

Fatima Sana Shaikh has been roped in to star opposite Aamir Khan in YRF’s ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’. The actress played the role of Aamir’s daughter in ‘Dangal’, and now, she will be romancing him in the YRF’s upcoming production venture.

There have been reports that Aditya Chopra was not keen on having her on-board as she played Aamir’s daughter in ‘Dangal’. Recently, in an interview with HT, the actress spoke about the film and what people will think about she being paired opposite Aamir.

Fatima said, “I knew that people are going to think like this. I am an actor after all. Suppose if I hadn’t acted in ‘Dangal’, and got an offer to act opposite Aamir sir, I would have, of course, said yes. Even today, if I am asked to act opposite Shah Rukh Khan, I would stand in the frame immediately. When you have grown up watching these stars and are fond of them, you would definitely want to work with them. I used to get disheartened and sad [when I heard such things], because I thought, ‘Me playing his daughter in the film shouldn’t be the reason for me not getting the part’. There have been so many instances of [female] actors playing mothers, daughters and lovers [with the same male actors]. That’s our job, and you keep playing different characters from different age groups. So, I don’t have any issues.”

Well, quite agree with what Fatima said. (Also Read: Is this the reason why Fatima Sana Shaikh was roped in for ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’?)

‘Thugs Of Hindostan’ also stars Amitabh Bachchan and it is slated to hit the screens during Diwali 2018.

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