Aamir Khan's Son to make debut - off screen

The 17 year old son of Aamir Khan, Junaid Khan will make his debut to the film industry as a directorial assistant to Rajkumar Hirani. This will be for the upcoming movie of Aamir Khan - Peekay - which is marked as the next big project from the duo after '3 Idiots' in 2009. And addition of Junaid into the squad will be an added attraction. 

Junaid Khan who is Aamir's son from his first wife Reena Dutta is said to be a usual visitor at the sets and is known to have the knowledge of most of the technical aspects of film making which made him receive this offer from Rajkumar Hirani. 

According to tabloid reports, it was Rajkumar Hirani who offered Junaid the project and the youngster later convinced his father that he would not neglect his studies. 

A source close to the Khan family told (TOI), "Junaid has always been fascinated by the various aspects of filmmaking. He used to often accompany his father to the sets of his films. He always had a viewpoint. And Aamir was rather impressed with it."

Source also adds that Aamir wasn't happy with this, and wanted him to complete his studies, but it seems that Junaid has convinced Aamir Khan on this. The movie 'Peekay' will have Aamir Khan and Anushka Sharma in the lead roles. 

TOI also reports that Junior Khan has already begun work on the project and a source close to the film revealed that Junaid has been traveling across the country scouting for suitable locations for the shoot. The film is scheduled to go on floors later this year.

A source close to the Khan family told us, "Junaid has always been fascinated by the various aspects of filmmaking. He used to often accompany his father to the sets of his films. He always had a viewpoint. And Aamir was rather impressed with it."

We hope the two perfectionists does bring out a fruitful career start. It is also said Junaid is also very much perfection oriented and this aspect has impressed the filmmakers. Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who had always been close to Aamir and Hirani and is a presenter for Peekay, had also been impressed by Junaid's eye for detail. Apparently, Jr Khan's knowledge of camera angles and ear for music had awed Chopra.

"What better way to begin his film career than assisting a director who has had a string of successful films - the Munna Bhai series and 3 Idiots," added the source.

The directors are still shy on sharing the details of the movie, but it is said that Aamir Khan will play the role of a drunkard. Peekay is a political satire that aims at making a scathing comment on corruption.

Aamir will reportedly play an alcoholic social crusader who remains perennially sloshed.

For a while, news did the rounds suggesting that Hirani wanted to call his film Talli. However, the filmmaker and his lead star Aamir finally settled on Peekay.

However the film will start its schedule after Aamir finishes his current commitments - he is currently finishing the season for Satyamev Jayate and then will be doing promotions for 'Talaash' which is scheduled for November 30. 

Later he will be going back to Chicago for Dhoom 3 shoots. And by the end of this year, they will be starting to work on 'Peekay'.

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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, July 18, 2012