Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan was very interested in lawn tennis during his school days, and he
was not a bad player either. He represented his school in lawn tennis in several
state level championships. Roger Federer is his favourite tennis player.

2. At the age of 16, Aamir, along with his friend Aditya Bhattacharya (Filmmaker
Basu Bhattacharyas son), made a silent experimental film called Paranoia. It was
funded by Dr Sriram Lagu.

3. Khan once joined a theatre group called Avantar where he worked backstage
for two years. Then he decided to become an actor against his fathers wish.

4. The film which got Aamir his first feature film with Ketan Mehta (Holi) was a
documentary made by the students of Film and Television Institute of India. He
had worked in it.

5. Holi was Aamirs first feature film and the credits addressed him as Aamir
Hussian Khan. Lagaans director Ashutosh Gowariker also played an important
role in the film.

6. Aamir had met Reena Dutta before the release of Holi in 1984. The two
married in 1986 on the same day when Javed Miandad hit the last ball six against
India in Sharjah. Reena is also visible in one of the shots of Aamirs first big hit
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.

7. Aamir and Raj Zutshi doubled up as the publicity workers and pasted the
posters of Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak on buses and autos as the film was being
made at a small budget. He himself told people that he is the hero of the film.

8. Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla became close friends on the sets of QSQT
(1988), but their friendship soured during the shoot of Ishq in 1997 when Aamirs
played a prank on her and Juhi was livid with him. They havent done any film
together since then. Before Ishq, Aamir and Juhi were seen in 7 films, out of
which 5 were flops.

9. Aamir was not always against the award shows, but his point of view changed
in 1990 when he lost the Best Actor award to Sunny Deol in Ghayal. He was
nominated for Dil. Till now, he has been nominated 17 times for the Filmfare
Award. Though he has no reservation against the Oscar Awards.

10. According to his wife Kiran Rao, Aamir suffers from eating disorder. He also
doesnt like bathing.