Aamir
Was
Confused
Why
Hirani
Wanted
Him
In
3
Idiots
Aamir
further
shared
that
he
couldn't
understand
why
Hirani
wanted
him
in
the
lead
role
as
he
could
rope
in
any
young
actor
for
the
same.
Aamir
further
added,
"Raju
kept
saying,
'No,
because
these
lines
are
very
important,
and
when
you
say
them,
I
believe
them'.
Basically,
what
he
was
trying
to
say
was
that
the
core
thought
of
the
film
is
don't
chase
success,
just
chase
excellence,
and
when
you
chase
excellence,
success
comes
chasing
after
you.'
"Raju
said
that
‘yaar
you
have
lived
by
this
principle.
Your
choice
of
films,
your
career,
you
have
done
Taare
Zameen
Par,
Lagaan,
you
have
done
films
that
were,
on
the
face
of
them,
like
when
you
signed
them,
not
supposed
to
be
successful.
So
clearly,
you
were
the
one
person
who
was
not
chasing
success.
You
were
trying
to
do
whatever
you
felt
like
and
trying
to
do
the
best
you
can.
As
a
result,
success
came
chasing
after
you
because
you
are
not
chasing
it'," said
Aamir.
Aamir
Agreed
With
Hirani
Aamir
further
stated
that
he
agreed
with
Hirani
as
he
had
genuinely
never
chased
success
in
his
career.
He
added
that
when
Hirani
told
him
if
he
(Aamir)
would
mouth
the
dialogue
'Kamyabi
ke
peeche
mat
daudo,
kabil
bano,
kamyabi
khud
tumhare
peeche
aayegi',
audience
would
actually
believe
him,
because
that's
how
the
superstar
has
lived
his
life
so
far.
Aamir
Was
Skeptical
About
Playing
An
18-Year-Old
Aamir
further
shared
that
even
though
he
was
partly
convinced
by
Hirani's
thoughts,
he
was
skeptical
about
playing
a
college
student.
"I
said
woh
sab
toh
theek
hai
Raju,
par
jab
main
18
saal
ka
dikhunga
nahi
toh
phir
hum
kya
karenge,
matlab
main
aise
classroom
mein
book
pakad
ke
ghus
raha
hoon
40
saal
ka
ajeeb
lagega,
people
will
laugh
at
us," said
Aamir.
Hirani
Took
Aamir
In
His
Confidence
The
Lagaan
actor
further
shared
that
he
respected
Raju
as
a
director
as
he
had
seen
his
previous
work
and
liked
it.
Aamir
told
himself
that
Hirani
must
have
seen
something
in
him
which
he
was
not
able
to
see.
"It
was
one
of
those
rare
occasions
when
I
decided
to
trust
somebody
else
and
say
okay,
I
am
trusting
his
judgement
over
mine.
I
had
seen
two
of
his
films
by
then,
and
they
were
both
really
amazing,
and
I
thought
there
is
something
in
this
guy,
he
is
seeing
something
which
I
am
not
seeing.
So
I
am
going
to
trust
his
instinct.
And
that's
why
I
did
the
film,"
shared
the
Rang
De
Basanti
actor.