Indian of the Year Entertainment: Aamir Khan

This star has slowly but surely changed the rules of the game in Bollywood and that's why Aamir Khan - actor, producer and filmmaker is the CNN-IBN Entertainer of the Year.

Though the story of little Ishaan's struggle with dyslexia didn't make it to the Oscar race, it's a tale that has touched over a million hearts.

Released towards the end of 2007, Aamir Khan's directorial debut Taare Zameen Par continued its dream run in 2008 collecting several awards and matching it with commercial success as well.

2008 also saw Aamir Khan mentor and launch his nephew Imran Khan in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.

Jaane Tu… worked wonders at the box-office and made debutant Imran Khan an overnight star… and a lot of credit for that goes to the time the producer -uncle Aamir spent relentlessly marketing and publicizing the film before it's release.

In between all this the actor also lent his name to the Atithi Devo Bhava campaign initiated by the Indian government without charging a fee!.

But the actor's best yet as far as television commercials go has to be this campaign for a DTH service and we're sure only Aamir could've pulled that off.

And finally before the year ran out Aamir gave us Ghajini - an action packed entertainer which set new box-office records - over Rs 200 crore and still counting! 👏

Originally posted by: flaviya

I'm not surprised! People say SRK is the publicity and marketing genius but I'd like to disagree. I mean sure....SRK knows business and knows what works. But Aamir knows it to perfection. How the heck does he manage to make every film a hit otherwise (no matter how aweful and stupid they are....like Fanaa and Ghajini!)!! He also stirs up the pot at the right time.....case in point being calling SRK a dog before JTYJN released.😉 With all these antics, I'm not surprised he is doing so well for himself. I mean when was the last time his film flopped?! 😆

Gotta hand it to him.

In terms of acting among the popular Khans , he is the best....only behind Irfan Khan (but then Irfan has done every genre possible besides running around the trees kind). Also, Aamir puts in the same dedication towards his roles as Christian Bale, Edward Norton and Daniel Day Lewis have done. His bulky body for Ghajini reminds me of Bale's American Psycho and now that he is losing it all for 3 idiots, its reminding me of Bale in The Machinist. Not bad. He is ofcourse not upto par with them when it comes to acting. In fact, far from it. But I'd like to think he will constantly improve. Other than that, he's definitely India's answer to Bale, Norton and Lewis, when it comes to role preparation and method acting!😊

Aamir is defn the bst!!!!!! way to go Aamir!!!!! u rock!!!