Genelia Deshmukh Thanks Aamir Khan For Calling Her ‘Accomplished Actor': ‘You Have No…'
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Sitaare Zameen Par is a sports comedy drama film directed by R. S. Prasanna, and produced by Aamir Khan and Aparna Purohit.
Genelia Deshmukh is all heart after receiving a special compliment from Aamir Khan. The actress took to social media to express her heartfelt gratitude to the superstar, who referred to her as an 'accomplished actor". Both will be seen in Sitaare Zameen Par which is releasing on June 20. The trailer has also released and fans are loving it.
Recently, during an event in the city, Aamir Khan was seen praising Genelia and said that she was accomplished actor in her first film only. Sharing the same video, the actress wrote, 'Counting my blessings everyday..Thank you so much Aamir sir, you have no idea how much confidence you give so many of us..#sitaarezameenpar #sabkaapanormalhai"
Talking about his upcoming film Sitaare Zameen Par, Aamir Khan has made it clear that the film will not be heading to any streaming platform anytime soon. In an exclusive interview with News18 Showsha, the actor-producer shared his thoughts on how the fast shift to OTT after the pandemic has affected theatre business. He explained that releasing films too soon online takes away from the cinema experience, and he strongly believes that good films deserve to be seen on the big screen.
'I don't know any business where you offer your product, and if someone doesn't buy it, you tell them—don't worry, I'll drop it at your house for free in eight weeks," Aamir said, adding, 'It doesn't make sense to me. That's the reason many films aren't doing well in theatres."
He described the current situation as a 'famine and feast" model where either a few films do extremely well or most don't work at all. He believes the early OTT release trend has weakened the theatrical culture and, therefore, made a conscious choice to keep his upcoming film Sitaare Zameen Par exclusive to theatres.
Sitaare Zameen Par is a sports comedy drama film directed by R. S. Prasanna, and produced by Aamir Khan and Aparna Purohit. A spiritual successor to Khan's 2007 film Taare Zameen Par, it stars Khan and Genelia Deshmukh. It is a remake of the Spanish film Champions.
Aroush Datta, Gopi Krishna Varma, Samvit Desai, Vedant Sharma, Ayush Bhansali, Ashish Pendse, Rishi Shahani, Rishabh Jain, Naman Mishra and Simran Mangeshkar will make their Hindi cinema debut in Sitaare Zameen Par.
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