Overview

• Aamir Khan discussed his early reluctance to produce films on Komal Nahta’s Game Changers: The Producer Series.
• He said watching Tahir Hussain’s career taught him that a producer does the most work, takes the financial risk, and absorbs the criticism.
• He cited his father’s film Locket taking eight years to complete as a key example of the strain and lack of cooperation producers can face.
• He acknowledged he once declared in interviews that he would never produce before a Lagaan narration with family changed his mind.
• He said his father encouraged him to back a rare great story, leading to Lagaan and later productions including Taare Zameen Par, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Delhi Belly, Dhobi Ghat, Dangal, and others.