On the sets of Aamir
Written and Directed
by
Rajkumar Gupta
He must have been dreaming about this moment since long and it’s D-Day finally….ok agreed a long way to go before these credits appear on screen but the process has started the magical feeling of calling the shorts in ones own film….Rajkumar Gupta was living his dream on the 22nd of this month and it’s an awesome feeling…
Could not go for the first day of shoot…it was at the international airport. Second day – had to go…had a small role to play. Cheap thrills. Nothing beats those fleeting frames on the silver screen…I think it’s a bigger high than being a hero. People might disagree…I am a sucker for the cheap thrills of life…live it as cheap as it gets….my mantra….
As I arrived I call Anubhuti who is looking after the costumes…”2A parking…wahn aaja…breakfast hai….thoos le”..she says….I arrive there sharp at 8:00am….”thoos liya” Rajkumar is with Nitin [Associate Director for the film] looking into the list of things to do…The cinematographer Alphons is there….He is one great mass of energy..;.. SUPER CHARGED always with his trademark cowboy hat. Never to mince words….he is as Good as it gets…am a fan….he ROCKS…. Rajeev Khandelwal plays Aamir.
There was a sense of urgency…which is usual…but that day seemed a bit different…..I was told there would be no lunch breaks today. No break for the crew…they will be working non-stop. Even Rajeev….yes….even Rajeev.
The cameraman and the director where in action…..soon they were running around with the camera taking the ambience shots of the people coming in and out of the air port as Rajeev was getting ready. As soon as he arrived….I start hearing the name “Sujal….”. Some girl who was nearby….maybe to receive someone…was gushing…she was on the phone and excitedly letting the person know…Sujal is barely 10 meters away from her……Sujal???
Babul and Ashutosh [an avid PFC reader] were there…the Line Producers of the film. As Babul introduced me to Ashutosh he seemed to know me…was stumped…never met him…came to know about the PFC connection….hmm…They had done a great job of booking the airport for the shoot…..and make sure that the crew gets to do their job uninterrupted……
There was a lot of foreign junior artists to take care of…DEVANKA GOSH was in charge…he is the darling of the unit….there where rumors that Rajkumar has adopted him.wink wink ? He is one hellava chap….killer one liners…he is the only one on the sets who can say whatever he wants…..to anyone….saab maaf…..you meet him and you just fall for him….he is all of 18 and is already a veteran of 2 films….the first one being the eagerly awaited QUICK GUN MURUGAN.
CUT TO
Action
Some action scenes involving bikes needed to be canned….2 people on YAMAHA Racers come skidding towards our man, Aamir. Parvez was at the helm. You must have seen Parvez in Ab Tak Chapan. He played Firoz. I am fascinated with this tribe…the FALL GUYS…the guys who take the blows and literally shed sweat and blood for cinema. Big burly Parvez with his gang of Fall Guys…..some great shots were executed.
Rajkumar looks a bit anxious they are loosing light….he needs to can more…today is the last day at the airport…booking for one more day will amount to an increase in the production…..hurry…hurry….Alphons is running around…finding spots with better lights…..huge white screens are raised to create a day effect….Rajeev looks tired…in the sun all day….Alphones call out… “where is Rajeev…..”. Rajkumar wants to shoot the chase fast….fading light…Rajeev runs to the spot….Rolling…Action…a taxi speeds towards the camera…..Rajeev running right behind it….shit….the taxi is in the centre of the road….can’t see Rajeev….Rajeev himself instructs the taxi driver, Allahudin[he played Dawood's brother in lack Friday] to drive off center….runs back to his position….”ready sir”…taxi back in position…the junior artist need to go back to their spots…fast..fast..Ok rolling….action….shot OK.
Rajeev was under the sun the entire day…..it’s already 6 and yes there was no lunch break…I had my biryani…..but the crew kept going….no one halted for lunch….Alphons was running around with the camera on his shoulders….Rajkumar running after it……under the blazing sun…no break in the vanity van for teh actor…the Ads…the camera team…all were sweating it out…..62 shots were canned that day….some feat I would say…..
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
mubarakaan..
chak de raju!
congrats to u anurag..1st on the release of no smoking..i believe finally ur 2nd release as a director..looks really promising..hope it does really well..2ndly congrats to u, ur associate is a director now..hope he makes films as intense,entertaining as u..keep alive the kick ass genre!!!
Anurag .. ur interview on rediff was good ..
Awesome…Congrats rajkumar…from what i hear of Amir…it is brilliant…Good Luck and may Amir make you “Amir” with experience, wealth and recognition….
:d/:d/:d/
thanks for the info of the shoot of OUR hero Rajeev Khandelwal’s movie AAMIR , hope to see him shine on silver screen soon . And being A Rajeev Fan i request Anurag Kashyap the director of NO SMOKING to make a movie with Rajeev Khandelwal and Aamna Shariff as leads . hope u ‘d consider the idea . Thanks!
thanks a lot for narrating this experince. am a big fan of rajeev khandelwal and was craving to hear abt his debut film. All teh best to team Aamir!
alright!!!!!!!! congratulations Rajkumar Gupta
Yeh film to dekhni paregi 
Nice pics and write up Vasan.
hey vasan
nice write up!!
wow, finally vl see mr khandelwal in a movie, wish priyanka bassi roo was in the fim.
:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/!!!!!
yay!!
i love him…he is rocking!!
thanks for the pictures n a beautifully written interview.
waiting eagerly for the release of AAMIR
being a rajeev fan this movie is a must watch for me.
and last but not the least AS ALWAYS I AM CONFIDENT RAJEEV WILL DELIVER A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE N ROCK THE SILVER SCREEN
all the best aamir!!!!
Congrats Mr. Anurag
N congratz to My all time favourite Mr.Rajeev Khandelwal too :x :d
I really do wish dis movie to a big hit!!!
Best of Luck to d entire team!!!
Nicely written..
I am just curious why is this film named Amir:-? is it a riches to rag story or rags to riches…hope its rich in quality work…
Mouli,
its called aamir because one meaning of aamir is – leader… You’ll know more when you see the film.
cheers
:d im very happyy 4 Rajeev………i just love himm…
Congrats to Anurag n my sweetheart Rajeev….I wish “Aamir” to be a super dooper hit..
Best wihes to Anurag and Rajeev khandelwal, I am a big fan of him:d/:d:d:d
i have alwys been in awe of a shootn sequence.. alwys fascinated with smting to do with lights, cameras.. vanity vans..the director.. the technicians..
N I love the way the first day of the shoot has been put up..Grt Luck fr the film.. Best wishes alwys..
All the best Rajeev, I am sure that u will do it once again in bollywood INSHALLAH as u already the best actor ever in tellywood…..
superb write up and nice pics!
great to hear something about rajeev and his film after such a long time . it has become necessary to watch AAMIR first day first show!
hey thanx babul so Aamir means leader..now I can see somethign more into the story with the set up there…..
yup hope the film shooting works out smoothly as per the directors vision ..
i am big fan of rajeev
its so good to hear bout his movie
i am eagerly looking forward to this movie
wish him all the success
Hi!
Aamir… still in its production is gathering rave reviews… have been hearing real good about the efficiency of the production team (headed by Babul) adding value to make the project a success.
For sure with a talent like Rajeev … the film will do well and camera work by Alphons… I am eagerly waiting for the results…
Please do update us on the going ons’ on the sets of Aamir…
What about sharing regular pics from the making… surely we all would love to be a part of the making…
Arts’
mouli,
Raj has done an excellent script & has already got a phenomenal response for it.
He is now on the way to proving his skills as a director. We are fully with him as a team.
As producers we are trying our best to execute his dream & vision. Its one of the toughest mumbai films on production. Mean streets of mumbai…real crowded locations real people, permissions, crowd control etc etc & not to forget its a tight budget…
I am sure a great script, a great team & a great vision will deliver a great film for the audience. Anurag’s immense support has given us more strength to put in our best, honest efforts…
Arts – thanks for the trust. We’ll try & keep you guys updated…
thanks much friends. Keep wishing for the team & for the film.
hi raj,
best of luck
apna khayal rakhe:d:d
shlok
:x:)>-:d:d/
congrats to the team of
“AAMIR”… KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Hey buddy, nice to see you in action. Congrats.
thanks for the article and the pics. it’s a long time rajeev’s since appeared on screen so we got to see the latest pics also it’s agood thing to have news about the thing which will give us our hero back
o my god! he is lukin damn cute!!! love him:”>
rajeev is most handsome talent and super hottest actor
thanks this artical
all the best rajeev u debut films aamir i hope super hit.
very good concept reall nice anurag and raj kumar gupta’s .
very good.
aamir this films i hope so best films2008
rajeev khandelwal all the best
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i love rajeev acting
rajeev is the best i hope rajeev debut films aamir rock and we all like very much
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rajeev khandelwal all the best
he is amazing actor
rajeev is best everythink
amir this films best
plz we like this films
HELLO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A CINEMA SITE BUT ITS TURNING OUT TO BE RAJEEV’S FAN MAIL SITE…WTF:-?
Plz make a movie for Rajeev Khandelwal and Aamna Shariff together in the lead role….
i hope so we alll rajeev fans pray for rajeev up coming films aamir. he dube films amir still hit
plz we all pray rajeev success bollywood
Rajeev khandelwal most handsome and very talent actor i hope great performances always and also u up coming films amir best performance.
hi, i am deeya—-from pune
rajeev is amazing actor. his style expression his performance always better. he is great actor.
rajeev khandelwalo most good looking and hottest actor
he is unbeliveale performance always .
bollywood new entery i wise all the best .
amir is good story so rajeev performance better than now i hope so.
RAJEEV khanelwal u are very good human and best actor.
amir this film i hope so rock.
RAJEEV KHANDELWAL U ARE MOST HANDSOME AND BEST PERFORMARS
Rajeev khandelwal is great actor.
this young star is very talent.
he is very good looking and nice eyes expression
rajeev best performance also big scereen
ALL THE BEST Rajeev khandelwal
my fav star one and only most handsome,most sexy star rajeev khandelwal. he is wonderful actor.
amazing his eyes expresion i love
anurag many many thanks u select rajeev.
amir this film i pray and rajeev all fans pray this film succes.
rajeev u rock always.
i love u lots rajeev
rajeev khandelwal mult taltent actor.
all my best wise
amir this films like i hope everybody.
rajeev khandelwal mule taltent actor.
u rock rajeev
next superstar–rajeev khadelwal
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i love his acting performane
rajeev is very good actor.
he is better always his performances
i love his acting
he is best actor
i like his bollywood entery. he rock all
amir this films story is good.
DIYA khan from— mumbai
i am so happy rajeev enter the bollywood. he is the best
rajeev khandelwal best handsome and best actor also.
anurag he is brilliant director
anurag u right choice u are right rajeev is most taltent actor.
rajeev is best
i just love anurag films amir because amir play most hansome and very good actor rajeev khandelwal.
all the best rajeev
u are great i love u preformance
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rajeev khandelwal mule taltent actor.
u rock rajeev
next superstar–rajeev khadelwal
rajeev u are most handsome
btw who is this rajeev khandelwal ..and sorry if i am ignorant …. :(
Ti will be rajee’s debut role in bollywood . u are the best rajeev.
u are most talent actor. all the best rajeev
amir shooting this artical very nice.
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Rajeev is best handsome indian whole television industry. this young star multi talent. he is outstanding performers. a magical performance.
Anurag kashyap as brilliant director.
i love u eyes i love u acting i love u good human and also u best acting rajeeev u mindblowing
rajeev khandelwal amir shooting this pix so beautiful.
thanks this artical.
amazing actor i love very much rajeev
he is most hottest man. amir shooting very very good. raj kumar gupta’s is very good shoot
we all pray success this films amir.
i hope so we alll like him
raj kumar gupta’s u up coming film amir still hit.
amit main lead millions of hertrob rajeev khandelwal he is brilliant actor. we all the best.
thanks the artical thanks info and nice pic this films shoots really nice.
amir this films shoots very good.
raj kumar gupta’s well down.
and outstanding performers and very dashing actor rajeev khandelwal very hard working. hi, rajeev i hope u best performances always good. so i wise u
i wise and i always pray rajeev debut films aamir success.
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.i am big fan rajeev khandelwal.
\he is perfect man
\ anurag, raj kumar gupta u rock. i wise aamir success.
i really wait rajeev debut films AAMIR.\
i wise .\
rajeev u are great actor. and i hope u rock bollywood.
hiiiiiiiiiii
thhhhhhhhaks Rajeev
i m extremely waiting 4 ur movie…….
All D Best
:d/Hey dat was simply brilliant! I hpe apne Raj ko abse atleast koi bhuka na rakhe!!! Anyways, keep up d gud job dude!!
Shriti
Rajeev is the best and wish him all the best. these pics r not enough,Ye dil maange more.
Rajeev is the best and wish him all the best. these pics r not enough,Ye dil maange more.
hey best of luck rajeev
hey Raj best of luck…u r the best chak de
rajeev is best actor & handsome man in the world
rajeev ki yeh film hit jaroor hogi.
i am rajeev fan
best of luck rajeev & all team
RAJEEV IS “BEST”, SO RAJEEV’S FILM WILL BE BEST AND SUPERHIT………….
I WISH BEST OF LUCK TO HIM AND THE TEAM………….
I really wish Rajeev Khandelwal and Rajkumar Gupta Best of luck for their flick “Aamir”.:)>-
Hope this will turn out to be one of the best movies of bollywood:)
:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/
i wish Rajeev all de verryyy best for his film…:)
Rajeev deserves to get all de success he needs…he n the whole team of Aamir has done a lot of hardwork which will surely be paid back to them in the success of the film….
:d
Rajeev is a very hardworking guy…n he always gives his best watever he do…:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x:”>…
n ya 1 day left in the promos to release….oh gosh abi yeh haal hai jab film release hogi tab kya hoga:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:d/:”>:”>:”>:”>
I wish Aamna was in the film, Rajeev Khandelwal and Aamna Shariff’s chemistry is super big!!!!….
RAJEEV AAPKA SITARA BULAND RAHE YAHI MERI AAPKELIYE AUR AAPKI 1ST FILM KE LIYE BEST WISHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rajeev sir aap next bollywood sharukh hai .u r better than sharukh
Aamir has more attitude then Tom cruise.
@ This post was about a movie called Aamir, not about an Actor called Aamir Khan, shucks do people really read the post, or is it like “K i have seen the Title, and i will put in some Comment”.