In 2012, Aamir Khan played the role of Inspector Suri in the psychological crime thriller film, Talaash: The Answer Lies Within. Directed by Reema Kagti and co-written by Zoya Akhtar, the film also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan and Rani Mukherjee in lead roles. The film was highly appreciated for its screenplay and the acting of the cast. But it was later revealed that the film was inspired by Zoya’s terrifying ghost encounter.
In an old interview, Aamir Khan had revealed the story behind his film Talaash: The Answer Lies Within. The Dangal actor started by saying that an incident happened in Zoya Akhtar’s life which shocked her as she does not believe in ghosts and other supernatural things. Elaborating on the incident, Mr. Perfectionist said that she was traveling near Haji Ali in Mumbai with some of her friends at midnight.
During the journey, he felt that a woman came in front of his car and met with an accident. According to Khan, Zoya said that when she saw the woman, she was not wearing any clothes. When he stopped the car and came out to find the woman, there was no one there. For a long time he could not digest what happened to him on that road.
However, months later, the same incident happened with a popular actress. He also lodged a complaint with the police. When Zoya’s mother Honey Irani came to know about this, she revealed that the same thing had happened with her daughter too. Reacting to the incident, the PK actor said that he does not believe in ghosts but gets confused when he hears such stories. He even said that many strange things happened while they were shooting for the film.
Since this incident happened with Zoya, she wrote this story. “From there this story was born. (That is the story of the film Janam). So, a true incident gave birth to its story” said Khan. Along with Aamir, Bebo and Rani, the film also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Rajkummar Rao and Shernaz Patel in supporting roles.
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