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Aamir Khan Admits He Disliked Thugs of Hindostan and Predicted Its Failure

He says creative disputes over the script prompted an eight-month push for revisions before he accepted the final cut

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Aamir Khan in Thugs of Hindostan
Aamir Khan Reveals He ‘Didn’t Like’ Thugs of Hindostan, Knew It Would Fail At Box Office

Overview

  • Aamir Khan revealed that he never connected with Thugs of Hindostan and attributed his stance to creative differences with director Vijay Krishna Acharya and producer Aditya Chopra.
  • He spent around eight months urging changes to the film’s structure and writing before ultimately deferring to the director and producer’s vision.
  • Khan said he felt no pre-release anxiety because he knew the film would struggle to find an audience if he himself did not enjoy it.
  • Despite its record opening of Rs 50.75 crore, he publicly accepted full responsibility for the movie’s subsequent box office failure.
  • He contrasted this experience with Laal Singh Chaddha’s flop, saying the latter hurt more because he genuinely believed it was a good film.