Aamir's
First
Salary
For
His
Debut
Film
The
superstar
revealed,
"I
was
paid
11,000
rupees
for
my
first
film
Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak.
I
was
paid
1,000
rupees
per
month.
And,
I
think
it
took
approximately
one
year
to
complete
the
film.
Thank
God
there
was
no
demonetization
back
then
(laughs)."
His
First
Taste
Of
Stardom
"After
'Qayamat
Se
Qayamat
Tak'
(first
commercially
hit
film),
though
I
had
a
successful
film,
I
did
not
have
money
to
buy
a
car.
I
used
to
use
public
transport
until
I
started
getting
mobbed
by
people
who
recognized
me
in
public,"
Aamir
further
quipped.
On
The
Changing
Times
Aamir
said,
"I
know
that
films
like
'Jo
Jeeta
Wohi
Sikandar'
if
made
today,
would
have
been
a
massive
hit
because
this
is
the
kind
of
films
that
today's
audience
love.
When
I
came
to
the
film
industry,
I
was
a
minority,
a
lone
ranger.
I
was
someone,
doing
films
that
I
believed
in,
but
the
market,
the
host
of
other
people
did
not
believe
in
such
films.
Only
a
few
of
us
did.
I
was
constantly
swimming
against
the
tide.
Now
the
time
has
changed.
Now,
these
films
are
considered
mainstream."
Aamir
Doesn't
Understand
These
Two
Things
"I
do
not
think
about
commercial
and
content
driven
film
so
sharply
in
my
head.
For
me,
a
cinema
should
be
good
and
I
want
it
to
be
loved
by
as
many
people
as
possible.
Now,
'good
cinema'
is
considered
as
critically
acclaimed,
and
'loved
by
people'
means
commercially
successful.
These
two
are
different
things
from
outside...but
these
words
don't
enter
my
head."
Aamir
Wants
To
Do
Good
Work
"As
a
creative
person,
I
want
to
do
good
work.
And
I
want
more
and
more
people
to
like
my
work.
When
I
am
trying
to
do
these
two
things,
it
automatically
translates
into
my
work
as
commercial
cinema
and
critically
acclaimed
cinema."
On
Why
He
Agreed
To
Do
A
Film
Like
Talaash
Even
after
completing
30
years
in
the
industry,
Aamir
says,
"My
thought
process
is
still
the
same.
When
I
am
doing
a
film
like
'Talaash' I
know
it
will
not
be
the
biggest
blockbuster
of
the
year
but
I
want
to
do
that
film
because
I
believed
in
it."