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Sonam Wangchuk took a dig at Aamir Khan’s declare that he didn’t know him throughout 3 Idiots, joking that the actor could have suffered “short-term reminiscence loss” after Ghajini.
Sonam Wangchuk took a dig at Aamir Khan’s claims.
Engineer, educator and activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has usually claimed that Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots was impressed by him, has taken a dig on the Bollywood celebrity for claiming that he has by no means met Wangchuk. Whereas referring to Khan’s character in Ghajini, Wangchuk joked that he will need to have taken that character severely and therefore will need to have confronted short-term reminiscence loss, which is why he couldn’t keep in mind assembly him.
“Kaafi movies aaye jismein woh Ghajini outfit mein mera speech dekh rahe the, toh shayad woh Ghajini outfit mein the, toh short-term reminiscence loss hua ho sakta hai. quarter-hour baad bhool gaye honge, toh fundamental hairaan nahi hoon. Warna bahut element mein mile the hum. Humne suna hai ki woh apne character mein bahut ghus jaate hain, toh shayad Ghajini mein woh itne ghus chuke the ki jis award operate mein woh aaye, jahan fundamental award le raha tha, woh bhi bhool gaye honge,” Wangchuk mentioned on Prakhar Gupta’s podcast.
Wangchuk additional revealed that he had a number of detailed discussions with Aamir Khan, throughout which they exchanged concepts. Nevertheless, he clarified that he wouldn’t describe 3 Idiots as being “based mostly on” his life or as his biography. As an alternative, he defined that the connection lies within the affect and inspiration behind the movie.
In keeping with Wangchuk, Aamir could have subconsciously drawn from their conversations and integrated a few of these concepts into the prevailing script, with out the writers themselves essentially figuring out their supply.
Aamir On Sonam Wangchuk
Throughout an interplay on the British Movie Institute (BFI), the actor mentioned, “No, that’s not true, really. That could be a false impression. I didn’t learn about Mr Sonam Wangchuk at the moment after we had been doing the movie. I do know that, I noticed a video of Chatur, only in the near past he mentioned that… No, he’s incorrect. Perhaps that’s what Chatur was considering, however I wish to inform you neither did Raju, nor Abhijat (one of many two writers), nor I, we didn’t learn about Sonam. Nevertheless, what Mr Sonam is doing is nice work anyway. He doesn’t should be based mostly on the character of three Idiots for us to respect him and the work he’s accomplished.”
Aamir also said that Sonam Wangchuk himself had clarified that the character was not based on him. He added, “Simply from the factual perspective, I wished to make clear.”
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Ask News18Aamir Khan has acknowledged that his character Phunsukh Wangdu within the film *3 Idiots* was not based mostly on Sonam Wangchuk, calling it a false impression. Khan clarified that neither he nor the movie’s writers knew about Wangchuk through the making of the movie. Sonam Wangchuk himself has additionally acknowledged that whereas the character may have been impressed by him, it was not based mostly on him.
Ask News18August 30, 2026, 12:31 IST
