Aamir Khan’s son, Junaid Khan, made his appearing debut within the Hindi movie business final 12 months with Yash Raj Movies’ Maharaj. Whereas he’s at the moment gearing up for his subsequent venture, Loveyapa with Khushi Kapoor, the younger actor just lately spilled beans on shedding out the chance in his father’s house productions movies, Laapataa Girls and Laal Singh Chaddha earlier than his precise debut.
Throughout a latest dialog with Vickey Lalwani on his YouTube channel, Junaid Khan revealed that he was probably speculated to be part of his father Aamir Khan-led Laal Singh Chaddha. He remembered testing for it with Kiran Rao who was to play his mom. Khan shared that they shot 7–8 scenes for 4 days, which amounted to twenty minutes of footage.
“It was a check for me additionally. Papa needed to see how Advait would take care of the fabric. So, it was type of a deal for each of us. Finally, it didn’t work out, largely resulting from budgetary causes. It was a really costly movie to place a brand new individual in,” he mentioned.
Additional reflecting on his stint in Laapataa Girls, he revealed that he examined for it additionally. Nevertheless, later Kiran Rao finally selected Sparsh Shrivastava who she deemed higher suited to the half. Junaid expressed no qualms about it and agreed along with her choice.
Regardless of not being forged, Junaid emphasised that the choice didn’t have an effect on his relationship with Kiran. “Our equation is superb. She is a really enjoyable and heat individual, and we get alongside nice,” he mentioned.
The 2022-released movie, Laal Singh Chaddha was directed by Advait Chandan. It was a remake of the 1994 American traditional Forrest Gump, led by Tom Hanks. LSC featured Kareena Kapoor, Mona Singh, Naga Chaitanya, and Manav Vij amongst others in the important thing roles.
In the meantime, Laapataa Girls was launched in 2023 led by Nitanshi Goel, Sparsh Shrivastava, Pratibha Ranta and Ravi Kishan. The critically acclaimed was additionally India’s official entry to the Finest Worldwide Function Movie for the Oscars 2025.
On the skilled entrance, Junaid might be subsequent seen in rom-com, Loveyapa alongside Khushi Kapoor. Directed by Advait Chandan, the movie is poised to launch on February 7, 2025.
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