Dangal star and Bollywood icon Aamir Khan says next film is ‘much bigger’ than record-setting wrestling drama
Actor says Secret Superstar, about a schoolgirl who defies her family to pursue her dream of a singing career, is ‘a much bigger film’ than wrestling drama that’s broken Bollywood box office records thanks in part to China success
Aamir Khan, the Bollywood superstar with a conscience, says his next movie, about a small-town teenage girl who uses the internet to become a singing sensation, will be much bigger than his last film, Dangal, the highest grossing Indian production ever thanks in part to huge success in China.
Khan, 52, plays a sleazy music producer in the film, Secret Superstar, and says he is second lead to teenager Zaira Wasim, playing a schoolgirl who defies her conservative Muslim family to pursue her dream of a singing career.
Dangal is based on the true story of a former wrestler who trains two of his daughters to become champions in the sport.
“While both are about the empowerment of the girl child, I feel it [Secret Superstar] is a much bigger film,” Khan said in an interview in Singapore ahead of the movie’s release this month. He and his wife have produced the film.
