Aamir
Went
Against
Aditya
Chopra
A
source
close
to
the
project,
revealed
to
a
leading
daily,
"Nobody
was
surprised
when
Fatima
Sana
Shaikh
was
signed
opposite
Aamir
Khan
in
Thugs
Of
Hindostan."
Aditya
Wanted
Vaani
To
Be
A
Part
Of
This
Film
"There
was
a
discussion
whether
Vaani
or
Fatima
suited
the
role
better
-
the
latter
was
Aamir's
choice
and
the
former
Adi's.
Eventually,
Aamir
had
his
way."
Fatima
To
Start
From
Scratch
For
‘TOH’
On
the
other
side,
Fatima
Sana
Shaikh,
who
savoured
overnight
popularity
and
visibility
as
wrestler
Geeta
Phogat
in
Dangal,
says
she
had
to
start
from
scratch
when
it
came
to
landing
a
role
in
Thugs
of
Hindostan.
Fatima
Says
‘It
Feels
Unreal’
"It
feels
unreal," Fatima
gushed
with
excitement
in
a
conversation
with
IANS
over
phone
from
Mumbai,
on
getting
to
play
a
YRF
heroine
so
early
in
her
career.
"It
is
a
huge
project
and
with
one
of
the
best
production
houses.
And
plus
there's
Amitabh
sir
and
AK
(Aamir).
I
feel
very
fortunate,"
added
the
actress,
who
feels
this
new
opportunity
is
"god-sent".
‘Nothing
Came
To
Me
Without
Struggle’
She
admits
nothing
came
without
her
share
of
struggle
-
even
though
she
has
been
working
with
the
best
of
talent
since
childhood.
She
played
the
baby
girl
Bharti
in
Chachi
420
with
Kamal
Haasan,
and
then
in
Dangal,
she
had
Aamir
play
her
onscreen
father.
The
Films
Gets
Bigger
With
Big
B
Thugs
of
Hindostan
gets
bigger
with
Amitabh
and
Aamir
sharing
screen
space
for
the
first
time.
And
for
Fatima,
getting
the
film
was
as
difficult
as
getting
Dangal.
"'Chachi
420' happened
when
I
was
a
child,
and
then
I
had
to
struggle
again,
I
gave
so
many
auditions.
All
this
has
come
to
me,
but
it
came
to
me
with
a
lot
of
effort...
The
struggle
never
ends.
Sana
Went
Multiple
Rounds
Of
Audition
"After
'Dangal',
I
was
back
to
square
one.
For
'Thugs...'
also,
I
had
to
go
through
multiple
rounds
of
auditions
till
I
got
the
film.
So,
we
can
do
several
films,
but
every
film
will
be
like
a
first
--
at
least
it
is
so
for
me
because
you
start
from
scratch," added
the
25-yar-old.
Fatima’s
Look
From
TOH
Fatima's
look
in
her
new
project
will
be
different
-
as
one
can
see
from
some
leaked
images
from
her
look
test
for
the
movie.
"It
is
somewhere
around
it.
But
the
final
look
is
yet
to
be
locked...
They
will
sharpen
it," said
the
actress,
who
will
be
seen
playing
a
warrior
in
the
movie.
Sana
To
Learn
Sword
Fighting
Naturally
then,
action
hasn't
left
her
after
Dangal.
"Oh
yes!
I
am
ready
for
it.
My
body
says
work
harder.
I
am
doing
a
lot
of
training
because
'Thugs...'
demands
a
different
kind
of
action
from
wrestling.
I
will
need
to
look
tall,
be
light
on
my
feet,
jump
and
be
agile.
"I
have
to
learn
sword
fighting
and
archery
because
she
is
a
warrior," Fatima
said.