Aamir has uploaded three videos on youtube showing his stay and interaction with the locals in Varanasi in a disguised avatar…Aamir appears as a lower middle class gentleman trying to find his mom’s native village. Watch him in the 3 videos below.

Aamir Khan in Varanasi Part 1


Aamir Khan in Varanasi Part 2

Aamir Khan in Varanasi Part 3

Aamir Khan in Varanasi Part 4

Aamir Khan in Varanasi Part 5

As you can see Aamir’s make up is brilliant and his tobacco stained teeth are a class apart. And the way he talks with the locals, like he is one of their own, simply endears him to all.

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Also read: 3 idiots may end Bollywood’s sour 2009

Update: Aamir has updated his facebook on status saying “Varanasi was most enriching.”

3 idiots poster

Its been a sad year for the Hindi film industry as there have been virtually no blockbuster hits this year. In fact a majority of the films have either flopped or done average business. Of course, the quality of movies is largely to blame for that. Be it ‘Blue’ or ‘De Dhana Dhan‘, it seems the producers and directors are hell bent on insulting our intelligence. I have heard good reviews about ‘Paa’, I hope it really is a good movie and if so should churn out good moolah for ABCL.

Coming back to the point. 3 idiots – a movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani and featuring Aamir Khan, R Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Kareen Kapoor in the lead roles is making waves in India, and rightly so.

The reasons for the excitement about this film is not too hard to grasp. Firsty, its directed by Rajkumar Hirani, who has a 100% success rate and is known to write strong scripts. Although 3 idiots is loosely based on the novel ‘5 Point Someone‘, the script is very different and has been written by Hirani with two of his associates.

Secondly, its got Aamir Khan aka Mr Perfectionist in it. Aamir is reknowned for being choosy about the scripts of movies he decides to do. And his instincts are nearly always right. Aamir has come a long way from QSQT days. I think his acting really matured from Sarfarosh onwards, and he has tried to improve his near perfect performances with every passing film. The fact that he does only one film a year or less makes the viewers eagerly await his films, and therefore he is the main trumpcard for the producer and the film.

Thirdly, the story looks fresh and realistic as we see from the trailers. College life in Hindi films has never been displayed in a real manner except by Rajkumar Hirani himself when he accurately depicted the going ons in a medical college in Munnabhai MBBS. Karan’s Johar’s college in Kuch Kuch Hota is too much of a good fantasy while the films of the early 90s depicted colleges as romance zones and nothing else. Engineering students will be particularly excited this time to see how their lot has been portrayed in Hirani’s latest.

Most people already know that Aamir Khan has a profile on facebook by the name of Pucca idiot. However he is unable to add any more friends (he already has 5000) so he has created a fan page by the name of Aamir Khan the Pucca Idiot. Join it if you want. Most people though are unaware that the film’s producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra is also on facebook and accepts friend requests from fans. Here’s the link to Mr Vinod Chopra’s facebook profile.

Don’t forget to check out the official 3 idiots teaser trailer.