Overview

• Soha Ali Khan said producers asked the cast to return part of their remuneration during promotion because they doubted the film’s prospects, and the actors complied.
• Aamir Khan recounted that he urged a change to the originally darker ending, proposing a new climax he had conceived years earlier without revealing story details.
• These recollections were shared this week in a Zoom interview and a YouTube video, framed as memories rather than fresh disputes.
• Cast members described a roughly yearlong shoot across Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi and Mumbai with painstaking setups led by cinematographer Binod Pradhan.
• Participants said the release that followed became a cultural movement and a pivotal moment in their careers.