Ashutosh Gowariker and Aamir Khan along with the team of 'Lagaan' celebrated the 20 years of the release of the film. The iconic movie hit the screens on June 15, 2021, and became the third Indian film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Now, on the occasion of 'Lagaan', Aamir spoke about the journey of the film via a video shared on the official Instagram page of Aamir Khan Productions.
In the video, Aamir is seen in a look from his upcoming film 'Laal Singh Chaddha' wearing the army uniform. The superstar said that while they faced several challenges in its making, it also brought them much more happiness, memories and relationships. Aamir thanked everyone who was a part of the film's journey as well as the audience for all the love and support.
He also thanked not only everyone involved in the making and journey of the film but also fans and cinema enthusiasts for all the love they showered on 'Lagaan'.
With 'Lagaan', Aamir also made his debut as a producer. During a recent press meet, the actor had revealed that he came a 'producer' by accident and had no plans of turning into one.
Khan recalled, "Why did I end up producing, I didn't want to produce? When Ashutosh Gowarikar came to me with the script which I loved, I was thinking about who will produce it, which producer will give the resources correctly to make Lagaan look nice. Who is that producer who will give us these resources? So, I couldn't recall any name. Because I use to feel Ashutosh, unfortunately at this point, while I think he is a good director, has not given successful films. So any producer will say that they won't put up such a big film on Ashu’s shoulders. So, they asked us to reduce that this amount won't work 10,000 people won't be possible, 3000 would be done. We couldn't bring the British actors from abroad. The ones who come to travel to India they'll pick it from them.”
The star added, “So I was thinking about who will produce it, but this film had to be made. There was no producer I could think of at that time. So I said I have to produce. So I became a producer by accident, I had no intention of becoming a producer. I became a producer because I couldn't find someone else. So that's why and how I became a producer. At that time, I was thinking that let me just do this one film and I didn't want to do any further projects. But, what happened is when I produced Lagaan, it made me realize that now I can do things that I want. I realized there are problems in production and you have to deal with the market and all which I am not great at. I would be comfortable doing it but it's not my strength. But, it gives me a lot of potentials creatively. That was the time, I decided that it is a good thing for me to do. But I must do it in my ways."