Rajkumar
Gupta
is
Anurag
Kashyap's
true
protege.
Having
assisted
Anurag
in
Black
Friday,
Gupta,
the
director
of
Aamir,
learnt
the
art
of
shooting
with
hidden
cameras
and
in
real
locations.
UTV
Spotboy's
Aamir
has
been
shot
extensively
in
real
locations
like
Bhendi
Bazzar,
Crawford
Market,
Jacob
Circle,
Bandra
Masjid
and
Dharavi.
Shot
during
peak
hours
and
in
the
most
crowded
areas,
it
added
to
ambience
the
script
was
trying
to
create.
Aamir
is
an
unusual
thriller
that
would
gripe
the
audience
from
first
scene.
Aamir,
the
name
literally
means
leader
and
our
protagonist
becomes
a
follower
not
because
of
faith,
not
out
of
zeal,
but
out
of
'fear'.
Geographically,
Aamir's
maze
is
set
in
the
Muslim
dominated,
but
poor
areas
of
Bombay.
In
its
lanes
and
by
lanes,
cheap
restaurants
and
lodges,
amongst
nameless
pimps
and
whores,
run-down
buildings
and
over-crowded
markets,
filth
and
squalor,
Aamir
is
supposed
to
understand
the
life
he
has
lived,
the
'choices'
he
has
made,
his
dreams,
his
love
and
his
immediate
fears.
Through
the
course
of
one
day
lost
in
the
streets
of
Mumbai,
the
question
remains
-
do
you
choose
your
destiny,
or
does
destiny
choose
you,
and
whether
Aamir
chooses
to
be
a
follower
or
becomes
a
leader.
Story first published: Friday, April 18, 2008, 16:04 [IST]