Happy Birthday Aamir Khan: Here are few fascinating facts about the Mr. Perfectionist!

DYK – things he has done –

• Ear piercing for Lagaan
• Learnt Painting for Taare Zameen Par
• Every birthday he takes a pledge to learn something new (learnt Marathi, learnt cooking with mom etc)
• He got famous with the film ‘Qyamat se Qyamat Tak’. The budget of this movie was less, so he along with another man used to put up the film posters on buses and auto rickshaws.
• To shoot a song for the film, Baazi, he had waxed his entire body.

Throwback to the time when Aamir underwent dramatic transformation for a role!

(How he changes drastically for every character-

• Rangeela- donned the look of Bombay Tapoori, didn’t take bath to look gruffly
• Lagaan- donned the look of a villager and carried front-open sleeveless khadi shirt-cum-jacket with dhoti and gamcha. He had also pierced his ears for the film
• Dil chahta hai- cute goatee and spiky-short hair look was an instant hit amongst the young generation
• Taarein Zameen Par- unique Mohawk look
• Ghajini – Aamir Khan got eight pack abs for the film and his Buzz with patch became very popular

-Dangal- Aamir had gained 28kgs of weight to get a paunch and later had lost 25 ks to play the role of the young wrestler.)

Did you know? Why Aamir is considered as a trendsetter!

• Doing One film at a time- The actor who started working on only one film at a time heralded a new professionalism in Bollywood.
• Sync sound with Lagaan – first bollywood production to start sync sound and after Lagaan, Aamir has not done a single film without sync-sound and others followed as well
• Actor turned director – directorial debut with Taare Zameen par
• Pioneer of 100 to 350 clubs in Bollywood
100 crs club – Ghajini first Indian film to net over 100 crores
200 crs club- 3 idiots First 200 crore grossing film
300 crs club- with PK Aamir broke his own record and the film became the first to cross 300 crores bat box office
350 crores- And with Dangal, the actor started a new of club in Bollywood I e of 350 crore club)