Dalip
Tahil
in
his
latest
interview
has
opened
up
on
playing
Aamir
Khan's
father
in
Mansoor
Khan's
1988
tragic
romance
Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak.
The
actor
revealed
that
Mansoor
offered
him
this
Aamir
Khan-Juhi
Chawla
starrer
after
watching
his
performance
in
the
television
show
Buniyaad.
Tahil
told
ETimes,
"I
asked
Nasir
Hussain
saab,
long
after
we
were
shooting
for
the
film,
'Where
did
you
find
me
in
the
big
fat
industry?'
Because
it
was
such
a
powerful
role
and
he
told
me,
'I
saw
you
in
Buniyaad
and
that's
what
I
wanted
in
this
movie.
I
wanted
a
strong
character
but
an
emotional
one.
We
knew
we
were
going
to
cast
Aamir
and
you
fit
the
character
of
his
father'."
The
Kaho
Naa
Pyaar
Hai
actor
revealed
that
a
lot
of
big
actors
had
turned
down
Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak.
He
shared
that
Nassir
Hussain
was
initially
supposed
to
direct
the
film
with
Sanjeev
Kumar
and
Shammi
Kapoor.
However,
he
suffered
a
heart
attack
and
doctors
advised
him
not
to
take
on
the
burden
of
direction.
Dalip
revealed
that
Tahir's
son
Mansoor
Khan
then
agreed
to
direct
the
film
as
he
had
loved
the
subject.
However,
he
told
his
father
that
he
can't
work
with
Sanjeev
Kumar
and
Shammi
Kapoor
because
they
were
too
senior.
"So
the
film
went
through
a
whole
recasting
and
it
was
offered
to
quite
a
few
character
actors
in
the
industry.
I
won't
take
names
but
a
lot
of
people
turned
down
Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak.
I
was
31
years
old
when
I
played
Aamir's
father
in
Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak.
And
I
didn't
even
think
before
taking
up
this
role.
Aamir
was
a
teenager
then.
I
heard
the
prologue
and
I
agreed
to
do
the
movie
even
before
hearing
it
further.
I
wasn't
even
a
father
myself
at
that
time
when
I
played
a
father
to
Aamir
Khan,
I
was
not
even
married," Dalip
told
the
tabloid.
Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak
revolves
around
two
youngsters
who
fall
in
love
with
each
other
and
decide
to
elope
despite
knowing
the
fact
that
their
respective
families
are
sworn
enemies.
The
Aamir
Khan-Juhi
Chawla
starrer
had
even
won
the
National
Award
for
Best
Popular
Film.