Did
you
know
that
iconic
Hollywood
actor,
who
played
the
titular
character
of
Forrest
Gump
in
the
1994
Oscar
Award-winning
movie
(of
which
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
is
an
official
remake)
is
a
fan
of
Bollywood
superstar
Aamir
Khan?
While
Aamir
and
Hanks'
looks
have
always
been
compared
for
their
striking
resemblance
and
choice
of
roles,
one
was
surprised
when
Aamir
revealed
that
the
Hollywood
star
has
watched
his
2009
cult
film
3
Idiots,
not
once
but
thrice!
Here's
the
full
story.
It
so
happened
that
before
the
trailer
of
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
was
aired
on
television
for
the
first
time
during
the
finale
of
the
2022
IPL
(Indian
Premier
League),
Aamir
Khan
showed
the
trailer
to
the
media
at
a
special
preview
held
in
Mumbai
on
May
28,
where
Filmibeat
was
present.
The
actor-filmmaker
was
in
his
spirits
and
shook
hands
with
each
media
person
before
the
screening
of
the
trailer
and
opened
up
about
the
process
of
making
Laal
Singh
Chaddha.
When
Aamir
Khan,
Tom
Hanks
And
Steven
Spielberg
Were
In
A
Tent
Together!
Aamir
got
talking
about
how
he
struggled
for
10
years
to
get
the
rights
of
Forrest
Gump
from
celebrated
filmmaker
Steven
Spielberg
and
his
mentee
Robert
Zemeckis.
He
also
talked
about
his
meeting
with
Tom
Hanks
for
the
same.
To
which,
Filmibeat
asked
Aamir
whether
Tom
thought
he
was
his
twin.
The
two
actors'
resemblance,
especially
in
their
youth,
is
legendary.
"People
say
that
I
look
like
him," Aamir
had
earlier
revealed
to
this
reporter
in
2019.
On
this
occasion
though,
Aamir
evaded
the
question
and
instead
had
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
director
Advait
Chandan
reveal
how
Spielberg
introduced
Aamir
as
the
'James
Cameron
of
India'
to
Hanks.
(Now,
we
know
how
Cameron
is
a
maverick
filmmaker
and
breaks
his
own
records.)
So,
the
three
geniuses
were
in
a
tent
on
the
sets
of
the
Spielberg
film
Bridge
of
Spies,
when
this
happened.
Tom
Hanks
in
turn
said
that
he
knew
Aamir
Khan
very
well
and
had,
in
fact,
watched
his
film
3
idiots
three
times!
3
idiots
is
a
blockbuster
Aamir
Khan
film
based
on
Chetan
Bhagat's
book
Five
Point
Someone.
Clearly,
Aamir
needed
no
intrduction
as
the
James
Cameron
of
India
but
as
himself.
Well,
that's
some
nice
trivia
there,
from
Forrest
Gump
to
Laal
Singh
Chaddha.
That
these
three
geniuses
were
in
an
intimate
gathering
together
is
in
itself
a
big
thing,
and
even
Advait
joked
that
he
must
have
done
something
good
in
life
to
be
there
with
them.
Interestingly,
a
rough
cut
of
the
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
trailer
was
earlier
shown
to
select
media
on
Aamir
Khan's
birthday
on
March
14
in
similar
fashion,
with
the
media's
mobilephones
deposited
outside
to
avoid
a
leak.
This
combination
of
secrecy
and
openness
is
something
which
the
entertainment
media
and
Aamir's
fans
are
well
aware
of.
But
it's
these
fans
and
the
media
that
Aamir
really
needs
right
now
to
make
a
success
of
Laal
Singh
Chaddha,
his
latest
labour
of
love.
If
this
film
tanks,
just
like
the
other
Khans,
Aamir
is
going
to
have
to
rethink
his
career
strategy.
If
it
works,
it
will
be
a
revival
of
the
box
office
and
especially
of
Bollywood
films,
which
has
been
struggling
in
the
pandemic
to
deliver
results
vis-à-vis
Telugu
films
in
the
Hindi
belt.
Laal
Singh
Chaddha
releases
on
August
11,
2022
in
theatres.