Exclusive: Aamir deserves a biopic, no one but me can attempt it, says Advait Chandan

Aamir Khan’s manager-turned-director Advait Chandan has big plans in store for the future. While he seemed reluctant to talk about it, he spilled the beans on the fact that he would love to make a biopic on his mentor Aamir’s life.

Says Advait, “I don’t think anyone else should attempt a biopic on Aamir but me. If anyone is trying to attempt it, they should drop it.” Ask him if he has already started scripting and he says, “Yes. I mean not really. I don’t want to talk about it.”

Has he already bounced the idea off Aamir yet? “No, but he definitely deserves a biopic, and I don’t think anyone else will attempt it,” he says.

Meanwhile, Advait is busy promoting his film Secret Superstar. The movie is about a small-town girl, Zaira Wasim, who wants to be a famous singer, and how Aamir mentors her. Is he feeling the pressure as the film is going to release soon? “Not really,” he says. “The pressure was when I wanted to show the rushes to Aamir. I didn’t know how he would react. The fear was that at some point he was going to look at my work, and I started freaking out. I was worried that I would show it to him and disappoint him. But he liked it, which was a huge relief.”