"I wanted to give the perfect shot. So I chucked it aside."
Aamir Khan revealed the truth behind the filming of the radio scene in PK.
The opening scene features the titular character running naked and holding a radio to cover his modesty.
On The Great Indian Kapil Show, Aamir recalled the challenges he faced while filming the scene.
Aamir explained that he had shared his initial concerns with the film’s director Rajkumar Hirani.
Rajkumar reassured the actor by providing him with specially-made shorts that would cover his frontal area similar to an abdominal guard in cricket.
However, the shorts kept slipping down while Aamir ran.
Revealing the lengths he went to in order to capture the perfect shot, Aamir said:
“On the shooting day, I wore those shorts. I came out with the radio. Raju had said no phones on the set. He hid everyone’s phone. I had to run in that scene.
“Till the time I was walking, it was okay, but when I had to run. When I would run, the shorts would come off because it was fixed by tape.
“I faced a lot of difficulty in that shot. I had to run fast, but I couldn’t.
“After one or two attempts, I told Raju, ‘Let’s remove it’. I wanted to give the perfect shot. So I chucked it aside. I told everyone to go far behind the camera, and I ran.
“I used to think that it would be really weird to walk naked on the set.
“We are not used to it. I used to feel anxious about how I would do it. Everyone would be watching. I was feeling very embarrassed.
“I swear, when I came on the set, I just wanted to work, and my shot was getting messed up.
“So I told Raju, ‘These are unimportant things. What’s the big deal if you see me naked? We need to get the shot’.”
“I didn’t feel embarrassed at that time. I was also shocked that I did it.”
On the show, Aamir Khan also joked about the box office failure of his last two films.
He recalled demonstrating breathing exercises to his ex-wife Reena Dutta when she was in labour, only for her to slap him.
On the work front, Aamir will make his acting return in Sitaare Zameen Par.
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