Aamir Khan purchases hot wheels manufactured from the scrap of INS Vikrant

Mumbai: Celebrities don’t just go around in luxury cars and chauffeured limos- they also like to take their hot wheels off for a ride. There are several celebrities who turn to a two-wheeled option, either while filming for a movie or just to have a bit of fun on the open road. Aamir Khan is the latest celebrity to have joined the bandwagon.

The 51-year-old actor recently purchased his first two wheeler but an interesting fact is that the bike has been manufactured from the scrap of INS Vikrant. It also has the alphabet 'A' embossed on the tank.

INS Vikrant had played a key role in enforcing the naval blockade on East Pakistan during the Indo-Pak war of 1971. It was decommissioned in January 1997 and was preserved as a museum ship in Cuff Parade till 2012. Two years later, in January 2014, Vikrant was sold through an online auction to a Darukhana shipbreaker. On November 12, the Supreme Court gave its approval for the carrier to be scrapped.

On work front, Aamir is currently shooting for 'Dangal' which is based on the life of Indian wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, who trained his daughters to become professional wrestlers.