Aamir expresses desire to star in Chinese movie
AAMIR Khan has expressed his desire to star in a Chinese movie.
At a meet and greet with fans at Xidian University in Xi’an, Shanxi Province, to promote his movie ‘ Thugs of Hindostan’ recently, the iconic Indian movie star noted that he was fully confident that he could speak some lines in Chinese.
A household name in China, Khan has seen both critical and financial success in China in recent years. His sports film ‘ Dangal’, which has a 9.1/10 on media review site Douban, earned 1.3 billion yuan ( US$ 188 million) to become the highestearning Indian film in China.
‘ Thugs of Hindostan’ was a critical and financial failure after it debuted in India on Nov 8. The producers are most likely looking towards the Chinese market to bolster the film’s low box- office returns.
Talking to fans, Khan said he hopes to work with Chinese directors Peter Chan and Feng Xiaogang, emphasising that he found Feng’s ‘Youth’ particularly captivating.
Talking about Chinese actors he expressed that he would like to work with Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang, two actors with large followings in China.
Khan added that he stays in touch with Chinese actor Huang Bo on WeChat and said that he misses the delicious “Century Eggs” he was given as a gift by Deng.
At the event, fans presented the actor with a Chinese shadow puppet of the Monkey King, the famed character from the classic work Journey to the West, as a gift.